Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Suberea esmeralda
Esponja, Sponge
This sponge is common in the northern archipiélago (Darwin and Wolf Islands). Also found at Santiago, San Cristóbal and Pinzon Islands. Found growing on rock at depths between 6 and 16 m ((Hickman, et al. 2021)).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Verongiida
Family
Aplysinellidae
Genus
Suberea
Species
esmeralda
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: MCCDRS9481, Paratype: MCCDRS9480; Type Locality: Wolf Island, 1.385° N, 91.814° W, 11 m, 13 Nov 2003 (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Wolf and Pinzón; but commonly observed around the northern archipelago (Darwin and Wolf Islands). Also observed around antiago, San Cristóbal and Pinzón Islands.(Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Sim-Amith, C. & Michelle, K. (2021) A field guide to Sponge of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- Sim-Smith, C. CLEVELAND HICKMAN, J. R., & Kelly, M. (2021) New shallow water sponges (Porifera) from the Gálapagos Islands Zootaxa, 5012(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Suberea esmeralda", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18835. Accessed 31 October 2026.