Callyspongia aculeata

Callyspongia aculeata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Callyspongiidae
Genus: Callyspongia
Subgenus: Cladochalina
Species:
C. aculeata
Binomial name
Callyspongia aculeata
(Linnaeus, 1759)
Synonyms
List
  • Callyspongia (Cladochalina) lineata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  • Callyspongia (Cladochalina) papyracea (Schmidt, 1870)
  • Callyspongia (Cladochalina) vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814)
  • Callyspongia (Spinosella) vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814)
  • Callyspongia simplex (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  • Callyspongia vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814)
  • Siphonochalina papyracea Schmidt, 1870
  • Spinosella maxima Dendy, 1887
  • Spinosella sororia (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  • Spinosella vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814)
  • Spinosella velata Dendy, 1887
  • Spongia bursaria Lamarck, 1814
  • Spongia clavaherculis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Spongia vaginalis Lamarck, 1814
  • Tuba bursaria (Lamarck, 1814)
  • Tuba irregularis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Tuba lineata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Tuba megastoma Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Tuba sagoti Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Tuba sanctaecrucis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Tuba simplex Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Tuba sororia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Tuba subenervia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Tuba tortolensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Tuba vaginalis (Lamarck, 1814)
Closeup showing Ophiothrix suensonii and the parasitic Parazoanthid Umimayanthus parasiticus.
A dead callyspongia aculeata on a beach in IRB

Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata, commonly known as the branching vase sponge is a species of sea sponge in the family Callyspongiidae.[1] Poriferans are typically characterized by ostia, pores that filter out plankton, with an osculum as the opening which water leaves through, and choanocytes trap food particles.

This species is frequently colonized by Umimayanthus parasiticus, a colonial anemone, and Ophiothrix suensonii, a brittle star.[1] It feeds on plankton and detritus.[1] The color of C. aculeata is variable, ranging from red to orange, lavender to brownish-gray, greenish-gray, and sometimes light tan.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Erhardt, Harry; Horst Moosleitner; Hans A Baensch; Gero W. Fisher (1997). Baensch Marine Atlas Vol. 2. MERGUS. p. 93. ISBN 3-88244-054-6.
  2. ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal: Branching vase sponge (Callyspongia vaginalis)". ETI BioInformatics. Retrieved 14 May 2011.