Callyspongia fallax   Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864


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

Demospongiae | Haplosclerida | Callyspongiidae

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

Sessile; brackish; depth range 2 - 18 m (Ref. 108813).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Growth form: clustered interconnected tubes, or flat, lobate mass that forms upright, short interconnected tubes. Surface is smooth; slightly irregular in lobate individuals. External color: bright to pale blue, mauve, brownish, gray with whitish spots, or off-white. Internal color paler than exterior. Firm spongy consistency. May vary with depth: bright blue interconnected tubes form in deeper water; grey-whitish irregular forms in coral crevices.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Common in reefs with depths between 6 to 24 m (Ref. 85482). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836).

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

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.4 - 28.2, mean 27.1 (based on 496 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.