Overview
Distribution
Eritrea, Inhaca Island, Malindi, Palau Exclusive Economic Zone, Quirimba Archipelago, Southern Red Sea, West Caroline Islands
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Barnes D.K.A.; Bell, J.J. (2002) Coastal sponge communities of the West Indian Ocean: taxonomic affinities, richness and diversity. Afr. J. Ecol. 40: 337-349
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9878
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Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19(2): 123-204.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7114
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Keller, C. 1889. Die Spongienfauna des rothen Meeres (I. Hälfte). Z. wiss. Zool. 48: 311-405, pls XX-XXV
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8930
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Physical Description
Type Information
Paratype for Hircinia ramosa de Laubenfels, 1934
Catalog Number: USNM 22258
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: Cabras Island, off Morro Castle Light, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 183 to 183
Vessel: Caroline R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 22258
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: Cabras Island, off Morro Castle Light, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 183 to 183
Vessel: Caroline R/V
- Paratype: de Laubenfels. 1934. Smithson. Misc. Collns. 91(17): 24-25.
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Paratype for Hircinia ramosa de Laubenfels, 1934
Catalog Number: USNM 22397
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol); Slide
Collector(s): P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: San Juan, west end of Salinas Island, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 24 to 37
Vessel: Caroline R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 22397
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol); Slide
Collector(s): P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: San Juan, west end of Salinas Island, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 24 to 37
Vessel: Caroline R/V
- Paratype: de Laubenfels. 1934. Smithson. Misc. Collns. 91(17): 24-25.
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Paratype for Hircinia ramosa de Laubenfels, 1934
Catalog Number: USNM 22278
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: near Morro Castle light and Punta Salinas, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Vessel: Caroline R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 22278
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: near Morro Castle light and Punta Salinas, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Vessel: Caroline R/V
- Paratype: de Laubenfels. 1934. Smithson. Misc. Collns. 91(17): 24-25.
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Holotype for Hircinia ramosa de Laubenfels, 1934
Catalog Number: USNM 22317
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol); Slide
Collector(s): P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: North Of Salinas Point, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 60 to 73
Vessel: Caroline R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 22317
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol); Slide
Collector(s): P. Bartsch
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: North Of Salinas Point, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 60 to 73
Vessel: Caroline R/V
- Holotype: de Laubenfels. 1934. Smithson. Misc. Collns. 91(17): 24-25.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 16 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 10 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 16 - 66.5
Temperature range (°C): 23.535 - 26.874
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.201 - 1.078
Salinity (PPS): 35.982 - 37.170
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.519 - 4.813
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.142
Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 1.725
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 16 - 66.5
Temperature range (°C): 23.535 - 26.874
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.201 - 1.078
Salinity (PPS): 35.982 - 37.170
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.519 - 4.813
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.142
Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 1.725
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 10 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 16 - 66.5
Temperature range (°C): 23.535 - 26.874
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.201 - 1.078
Salinity (PPS): 35.982 - 37.170
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.519 - 4.813
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.142
Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 1.725
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 16 - 66.5
Temperature range (°C): 23.535 - 26.874
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.201 - 1.078
Salinity (PPS): 35.982 - 37.170
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.519 - 4.813
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.142
Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 1.725
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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