Hyattella cavernosa

Author
(Pallas, 1766)

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Min Depth
2 meters
Max Depth
73 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Endemic solely to Gulf of Mexico?
Habitat-Biology
  • coral reef
  • endemic to Gulf of Mexico?
  • petroleum platform
References

  • Laubenfels, M. W. de. 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper No. 467) 30: 1–225.

  • Laubenfels, M. W. de. 1953. Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 2: 511–557.

  • Storr, J. F. 1964. Ecology of the Gulf of Mexico commercial sponges and its relation to the fishery. Special Scientific Report 466, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. 73 pp.

  • Storr, J. F. 1976. Ecological factors controlling sponge distribution in the Gulf of Mexico and the resulting zonation. Pp. 261–276 in F. W. H. Harrison and R. R. Cowden, eds. Aspects of Sponge Biology. Academic Press, New York.

Endnotes

  • Treated as Trypespongia columbia de Laubenfels, 1936, by de Laubenfels (1936); Aulena columbia (de Laubenfels, 1936) by Storr (1964, 1976).

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 01-18-2021.

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