Crambe crambe | |
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Crambe crambe from Elba | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Poecilosclerida |
Family: | Crambeidae |
Genus: | Crambe |
Species: | C. crambe
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Binomial name | |
Crambe crambe (
Schmidt, 1862)
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Synonyms | |
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Crambe crambe, commonly known as the oyster sponge or orange-red encrusting sponge, is a species of demosponges belonging to the family Crambeidae. [1] [2]
The colonies of Crambe crambe form thin orange to orange-red plates, rarely lobed, with a very rough surface perforated by raised oscula found along the exhaling channels. These colonies can cover a surface of 1 m2. [3] [4]
Crambe crambe feeds by filtering bacteria, microorganisms and single-celled algae. This species is hermaphrodite. Larvae are planktonic. These demosponges often cover the shell of live shellfish ( Arca noae, Spondylus and various sedentary bivalves). Eupolymnia nebulosa sometimes hides itself on these sponges. [3]
This species is endemic to the Mediterranean, but it is also present in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the English Channel and in the North Sea. [3] [5] [6]
Crambe crambe commonly occurs in well-lit waters on hard substrate at depths of 5 to 30 m. [3]
Crambe crambe | |
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Crambe crambe from Elba | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Poecilosclerida |
Family: | Crambeidae |
Genus: | Crambe |
Species: | C. crambe
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Binomial name | |
Crambe crambe (
Schmidt, 1862)
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Synonyms | |
List
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Crambe crambe, commonly known as the oyster sponge or orange-red encrusting sponge, is a species of demosponges belonging to the family Crambeidae. [1] [2]
The colonies of Crambe crambe form thin orange to orange-red plates, rarely lobed, with a very rough surface perforated by raised oscula found along the exhaling channels. These colonies can cover a surface of 1 m2. [3] [4]
Crambe crambe feeds by filtering bacteria, microorganisms and single-celled algae. This species is hermaphrodite. Larvae are planktonic. These demosponges often cover the shell of live shellfish ( Arca noae, Spondylus and various sedentary bivalves). Eupolymnia nebulosa sometimes hides itself on these sponges. [3]
This species is endemic to the Mediterranean, but it is also present in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the English Channel and in the North Sea. [3] [5] [6]
Crambe crambe commonly occurs in well-lit waters on hard substrate at depths of 5 to 30 m. [3]