Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 2 - 20 m (Ref. 415). Tropical
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm BRL male/unsexed; (Ref. 415); common length : 3.0 cm BRW male/unsexed; (Ref. 415)
Branch width: 0. 5 - 3 cm. Branch length: 20 - 60 cm. Ramose, with erect or repent branches. Brownish-pink to purple externally, tan internally. Microconulose surface; 0.01 - 0.02 cm high; less than 0.05 cm wide. Skeletal mesh with mean area of 0.04 square centimeters (Ref. 415).
Common on reefs, 2 to 20 m deep (Ref. 415).
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.
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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Tools
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.9 - 28.2, mean 27.1 (based on 658 cells).
Vulnerability
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.