AnAge entry for Cinachyra antarctica
Classification (HAGRID: 04661)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Spirophorida
Family: Tetillidae
Genus: Cinachyra
- Species
- Cinachyra antarctica
- Common name
- Epibenthic sponge
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 1,550 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 688
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
Like other similar species, these Antarctic sponges grow extremely slowly in the low temperatures. Estimates based on growth rates suggest a very long lifespan in this and similar animals. One specimen was estimated to be 1,550 years old [0688].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0688] Susanne Gatti (2002), The role of sponges in high-Antarctic carbon and silicon cycling: a modelling approach
External Resources
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- Taxonomy ID 1199249
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