Mantenimiento programado (scheduled maintenance) el
Neophrissospongia nolitangere (Schmidt, 1870)
Esponja cerebro
Metazoa
Porifera
Demospongiae
Lithistida
Corallistidae
ENDEMICITY
Canarias Gender Do not
Species Do not
Subspecies -
Macaronesia Gender Do not
Species Do not
Subspecies -
Distribution in the Canary Islands
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  • High confidence - Land
  • High confidence - Marine (<200m)
  • Medium / low confidence
  • No information

  • With presence in the sea
  • No presence at sea
Worldwide distribution

Azores, Madeira and the Canaries. Atlantic Plate of southern Europe, Island of the Bahamas and west of the Mediterranean Sea.

Distribution in the Canary Islands

Coasts West of La Palma, South of La Gomera, and South and Southwest of Tenerife.

Origin

Habitat

It is found in shallow infralittoral caves, between 0 and 10 meters deep, often with fresh water seepage. It lives on walls, ceilings and sometimes on the substrate. (Vice-Ministry of the Environment, 2009)

Catálogo Canario
Island Category
La Gomera Vulnerable
La Palma Vulnerable
Tenerife Vulnerable
Fuerteventura Vulnerable
Gran Canaria Vulnerable
Lanzarote Vulnerable
 
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