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Lavender rope sponge

Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

AnimalsSpongesDemosponges (Corneo-siliceous sponges)
Eponge corde dressée et peu ramifiée : - Taille jusqu'à 45 cm de hauteur et de 2 cm de diamètre, - Couleur rose violette, - Oscules de 3 à 5 mm, dispersés aléatoirement autour des branches.

Distribution

Golfe du Mexique, mer des Caraïbes et archipel des Bermudes.

Associated species

Sponge-incrusting zoanthid

Related to:

Sponge-incrusting zoanthid

Umimayanthus parasiticus

Relation type:

Commensalism

Fréquemment colonisée par le zoanthaire-éponge grisâtre, Umimayanthus parasiticus

Distribution map

Geographic areas (BioObs)

GuadeloupeMartinique

Observation type

Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling

Other common names

  • Eponge niphates érigéeFrench (France)

Other invalid scientific names

Links to our partners' sheets

INPN — Niphates erectaGBIF — Niphates erecta

Sources

How to cite this BioObs sheet?

BioObs, 08/11/2022 : Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/2712

Modification history

  • Created by Eric Nozérac on 08/11/2022

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