Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
; खारा; गहराई सीमा 3 - 52 m (Ref. 415). Tropical
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Massive to lobate. Surface has knob-shaped conules; 0.3 - 0.4 cm high; up to 1 cm apart. Dense like cheese. Oscules with membranes; 1 - 2 cm wide; on top of lobes (Ref. 415). External is usually bicolored but highly variable at purple, greenish, red-brown, orange or bright yellow. Internal color is bright lemon yellow. Exudate is dark; turns bluish after air exposure for about an hour.
Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739. Common in reefs (Ref. 85482) and sea grass (Ref. 415). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836). Hosts alpheid shrimps in its canals (Ref. 86626). Inhabits coral communities. Found in shallow coral reefs and mesophotic depths (Ref. 128739).
Life cycle and mating behavior
परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा
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.
Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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साधन
इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.5 - 28, mean 26.5 (based on 290 cells).
Price category
Unknown.