Ectyoplasia ferox

Author
(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Common Names
  • Brown Encrusting Octopus Sponge

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Ectyoplasia ferox
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Ectyoplasia ferox
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HRI-UNAM-BDMY
2
Min Depth
2 meters
Max Depth
25 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • coral reef
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.

  • Stinnett, T. L. 1989. Species composition and ecological zonation of the sponge fauna of Enmedio Reef, Veracruz, México. Master's Thesis, Division of Biology, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas. 23 pp.

  • Topsent, É. 1894. Application de la taxonomie actuelle a une collection de spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Guadeloupe décrite précédemment. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 7: 27–36.

Endnotes

  • Treated as Hymeniacidon amphilecta de Laubenfels, 1936, by de Laubenfels (1936, 1953).

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, 05-01-2024.

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