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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Campeche to Veracruz (Ref. 108813). C: Ref. 108813.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rützler, K., R.W.M. van Soest and C. Piantoni, 2009
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Orange elephant-ear sponge, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Populaire namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Agelasida () > Agelasidae ()

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

; diepteverspreiding 2 - 61 m (Ref. 108813). Tropical

Verspreiding Landen | FAO regio's | Ecosystems | Voorkomen | Introducties

Western Atlantic and Western Central Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm OT mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 415)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie

Massive; flabellate; rising from a narrow base: 1.5 - 10 cm thick. Bright red-orange externally, lighter internally. The margin is rounded, or indented. Compressible, resilient. The surface is rough to be touch to verrucose, with abundant membrane-bearing oscula: 0.2 - 0.5 cm in diameter (Ref. 415). Color range from orange to brown (Ref. 81728).

Maximum thickness: 10 cm (Ref. 415). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739. Found in coral reefs, usually below 10 m in depth (Ref. 415), and on rocky bottoms (Ref. 83912). It hosts alpheid shrimps, i.e., Synalpheus spp. in its canals (Ref. 86672). Inhabits shallow and mesophotic coral reefs along with coral communities and coralline algae reefs (Ref. 128739).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geslachtsrijpheid | Voortplanting | Kuitschieten | Eieren | Fecundity | Larven

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.

Voornaamste referentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Niet beoordeeld

Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaarlijk voor mensen

Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26 - 28.3, mean 27.2 (based on 435 cells).

Kwetsbaarheid (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Agelas clathrodes (Schmidt, 1870)