Spirastrella coccinea

Author
(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Common Names
  • Pink and Red Encrusting Sponge

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
12 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • hard substrate
  • coral reef
References

  • Kaminskaya, L. D. 1971. Sponges of the upper sublittoral of the north-western part of the Cuban platform. Issledovania centralno Amerikanskij Morei 3: 112-121. (In Russian.)

  • 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.

  • 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.

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, 05-07-2024.

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