Overview
Distribution
Caribbean Sea, Cuba, Curaçao, Floridian, Greater Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Southern Caribbean, United States part of the Gulf of Mexico
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Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-306-47260-0. xix, 1-1101, 1103-1706 (2 volumes) pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6833
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Little, F.J. Jr. (1963). The sponge fauna of the St. George’s Sound, Apalache Bay, and Panama City Regions of the Florida Gulf Coast. Tulane Studies in Zoology 11(2): 31-71.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7891
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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Laubenfels, M.W. De; Storr, J.F 1958. The taxonomy of American commercial sponges. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 8(2): 99-117.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7799
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Van Soest, R.W.M. 1978. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 56 (179): 1–94.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8474
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Miloslavich P, Díaz JM, Klein E, Alvarado JJ, Díaz C, et al. (2010) Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean: Regional Estimates and Distribution Patterns. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011916
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145466
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Physical Description
Type Information
Holotype for Hippospongia lachne de Laubenfels, 1936
Catalog Number: USNM 801
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Locality: Cape Romano, Florida, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 6 to 6
Catalog Number: USNM 801
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Locality: Cape Romano, Florida, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 6 to 6
- Holotype: de Laubenfels. 1936. Papers Tortugas Lab. 30: 12.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 10 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 6 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 14 - 58.6
Temperature range (°C): 22.489 - 24.954
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.615 - 1.665
Salinity (PPS): 36.143 - 36.286
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.751 - 4.895
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.094 - 0.144
Silicate (umol/l): 1.232 - 2.688
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 14 - 58.6
Temperature range (°C): 22.489 - 24.954
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.615 - 1.665
Salinity (PPS): 36.143 - 36.286
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.751 - 4.895
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.094 - 0.144
Silicate (umol/l): 1.232 - 2.688
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 6 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 14 - 58.6
Temperature range (°C): 22.489 - 24.954
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.615 - 1.665
Salinity (PPS): 36.143 - 36.286
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.751 - 4.895
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.094 - 0.144
Silicate (umol/l): 1.232 - 2.688
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 14 - 58.6
Temperature range (°C): 22.489 - 24.954
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.615 - 1.665
Salinity (PPS): 36.143 - 36.286
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.751 - 4.895
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.094 - 0.144
Silicate (umol/l): 1.232 - 2.688
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Hippospongia lachne
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
No available public DNA sequences.
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No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Hippospongia lachne
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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