Tethya aurantium
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Tethya aurantium (also known as sea orange ) is a cosmopolitan species of sponge . It belongs to the order of Hadromerida from the class of horned silica sponges .
Tethya aurantium forms several radial bundles of silicate needles. There are warty oscula on the top half of the sponge .
Individual individuals up to 70 mm in size have been described where systematic collections were carried out, but the average size was only between 11.4 (South Africa) and 21 mm (New Zealand).
The species reproduces by means of buds that grow on stems on the surface.
Further literature
- Mary P. Zimmerman, Max Hoberg, Eser Ayanoglu, Carl Djerassi : Cell separation of Tethya aurantia, an analytical study of embryonic and differentiated sponge cells . In: Lipids . tape 25 , no. 7 , July 1990, p. 383 , doi : 10.1007 / bf02537981 .
Web links
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Sponges invented light guides made of glass
- ↑ WoRMS
- ^ A b Maurice Burton: IX.— Tethya aurantium . In: Journal of Natural History Series 12 . tape 1 , no. 2 , February 1948, p. 122-130 , doi : 10.1080 / 00222934808653894 .
- ↑ Elda Gaino, Lidia Scalera Liaci, Margherita Sciscioli, Giuseppe Corriero: Investigation of the budding process in Tethya citrina and Tethya aurantium (Porifera, Demospongiae) . In: Zoomorphology . tape 125 , no. 2 , May 2006, p. 87-97 , doi : 10.1007 / s00435-006-0015-z .