Geodia gibberosa
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G. gibberosa
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| Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815
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Geodia gibberosa (the white encrusting sponge)[1] is a Caribbean sea sponge. It is known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.[2]
Characteristics
The Geodia gibberosa is a large, dense sponge. It can be white or pale tan when exposed to very little light, or dark brown in areas with a lot of it.[3] It is usually in the form of a knobby, fist-like mass, often up to 50 cm in diameter. It may also occur as a spherical mass without projections and is also known to form large colonies that resemble rounded calcareous rocks.[4] Its skeleton is a bunch of needle-like spicules radiating outward from the center near the surface, much more randomly dispersed on the inside.[3]
Geodia gibberosa is found in the Bahamas, Florida, Brazil, and west Africa.[5][3] It's commonly found in shallow waters with hard bottoms, generally in the same area as seagrasses.[3]
Bibliography
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References
- ↑ http://www.bio.georgiasouthern.edu/GR-inverts/grlist.html?spp=Geodiagibberosa&filaindex=9
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- ↑ http://www.gsmfc.org/seamap/picture_guide/Other/geodia%20gibberosa.pdf
- ↑ http://www.spongeguide.org/speciesinfo.php?species=176
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