Epibenthic Sponge

Cinachyra antarctica (Carter 1872)

are preyed upon by

• Global Biotic Interactions: Pentanymphon antarcticum Hodgson 1904
• Global Biotic Interactions: Tritoniella belli Eliot 1907
• Global Biotic Interactions: Gnathiphimedia mandibularis K. H. Barnard 1930
• Global Biotic Interactions: Colossendeis scotti Calman 1915
• Global Biotic Interactions: Odontaster meridionalis (E. A. Smith 1876)

cellularity

• Cellularity and growth form: multicellular

geographic distribution

• World Register of Marine Species: Weddell Sea
• World Register of Marine Species: Antarctic
• World Register of Marine Species: Georgia
• South Pacific Species List: South Pacific
• South Atlantic Species List: South Atlantic

latitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -77.85 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: -44 degrees (max)

life span

• AnAge: 1550 years (max)

longitude

• OBIS environmental data records: -179.883 degrees (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 179.05 degrees (max)

mineralized skeleton contains

• Mineralogy: biogenic silica

reproduction

• Fairbairn 2013: sexual reproduction

trophic guild

• Brusca and Brusca, 2003: omnivore (adult)
• Brusca and Brusca, 2003: feeding current (adult)

type specimen repository

• GBIF national node type records Germany: museum für naturkunde berlin (zoological collections) (zmb)
• GBIF national node type records Germany: forschungsinstitut und natur-museum senckenberg (smf)
• GBIF national node type records Germany: museum für naturkunde berlin (zoological collections) (zmb)
• GBIF national node type records Germany: forschungsinstitut und natur-museum senckenberg (smf)
• GBIF national node type records Germany: museum für naturkunde berlin (zoological collections) (zmb)

visual system

• Nilsson 2013: blind

water depth

• OBIS environmental data records: 28.5 m (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 2700 m (max)

water dissolved o2 concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 7.344 mL/L (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 3.914 mL/L (min)

water nitrate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 36.025 µmol/l (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 22.555 µmol/l (min)

water o2 saturation

• OBIS environmental data records: 91.269 percent (max)
• OBIS environmental data records: 50.637 percent (min)

water phosphate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 1.789 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 2.42 µmol/l (max)

water salinity

• OBIS environmental data records: 33.949 psu (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 34.855 psu (max)

water silicate concentration

• OBIS environmental data records: 15.346 µmol/l (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 124.254 µmol/l (max)

water temperature

• OBIS environmental data records: -1.92 degrees celsius (min)
• OBIS environmental data records: 4.499 degrees celsius (max)