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Brown tube sponge

Agelas conifera

(Schmidt, 1870)

Brown tube sponge

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Summary

Soft-walled tubes are medium brown to tan to grayish brown with lighter interiors. Although the exterior can be somewhat lumpy or pitted, the surface texture tend to be quite smooth.

To be confused with

- Tubulate sponge Agelas tubulata.
The tubes usually arise from the base close to the substratum.

Characteristics

Size: Large, up to 1m high.
Colour:
Brow, pink, orange or green..
Shape: laterally fused tubes, running on branches or growing on one another, and usually arising from a single base, forming antlers or clubs. Often with darker zoanthids living on the skin. 
Constitution: Firm.


Habitat environment and ecology

Lives in protected crevices of reefs and walls.

Distribution range

BES-eilanden: Bonaire, St. Eustatius.

Author

[Niels Schrieken, march 2015]; [Floris Bennema, april 2016]

Literature

- Humann, P., & DeLoach, N. (2002). Reef Creature Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas (p. 420). Jacksonville (FL): New World Publications. -  Interactive Guide to Caribbean Diving. M. De Kluijver, G. Gijswijt, R. de Leon & I. da Cunda.
- The Sponge Guide. S. Zea, Henkel, T.P., and Pawlik, J.R. 2014.
- Thacker, R. W., Díaz, M. C., De Voogd, N. J., Van Soest, R. W., Freeman, C. J., Mobley, A. S. & McKenna, S. (2010). Preliminary assessment of sponge biodiversity on Saba Bank, Netherlands Antilles. PloS one, 5(5), e9622. - Sponges Saba Bank

Categorieën:

Soorten, Sponzen

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Mariene soorten en ecologie

Contact

Stichting ANEMOON
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06-11442009

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