Calyx arcuarius   (Topsent, 1913)


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Haplosclerida | Phloeodictyidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range 16 - 900 m (Ref. 89939).  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Antarctic: south Orkney Islands and Antarctic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Pale with distinctive flattened fronds and a hard stalk. Grows slow up to 50 cm height (Ref. 089939).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Suspension feeder (Ref. 89939).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Demospongiae are hermaphroditic. Life cycle: The zygote develops into parenchymella larva (free-swimming) before settling down on a substrate where it grows into a young sponge.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE). 2011. (Ref. 87340)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): -1.7 - 1.2, mean -0.8 (based on 628 cells).