Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
экология
ассоциированный с рифами; солоноватоводный; пределы глубины 2 - 60 m (Ref. 108813). Tropical
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Вес / Возраст
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Growth forms varies from thick encrustations more than 1 cm thick, to irregular interconnected encrusting lobes, globular masses, fused groups of conical to chimney-like tubes, or irregular branches reaching 35 cm in height and 3 cm in width. Surface either smooth and finely porous with many fine perforations, or finely rugose. May also be slimy and corrugated out of water. Exterior is commonly orange-brown, but may also be yellow-orange, orange, yellowish-brown or red-orange. Yellow to cream interior. Firm and brittle consistency. Mucus exudate rare. Oscules flush or elevated on conical lobes or tubes with a yellow collar membrane, may be evenly spaced, scattered, or in rows that fuse together into low ridges. May be surrounded by fine radiating grooves (Ref. 85482).
Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739. Occurs on coral reefs, hard bottoms, lagoons (Ref. 85482), and mangroves (Ref. 86836). It hosts alpheid shrimps in its canals (Ref. 83410). Inhabits coralline algae reefs, coral communities, algal nodules, shallow coral and lower mesophotic reefs (Ref. 128739).
Life cycle and mating behavior
половая зрелость | размножение | нерест | икра | Fecundity | личинки
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.
Основная ссылка
ссылки | координатор | соавторы
Engel, S. and J.R. Pawlik. 2005. (Ref. 837)
Статус Красного Списка МСОП (Ref. 130435)
Статус СИТЕС (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Использование человеком
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инструменты
дополнительная информация
Возраст/РазмерыростЗависимость между длиной и массой телаЗависимость между длинамиморфологияличинкичисленность
ресурсы в Интернет
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.8 - 28.2, mean 27.3 (based on 519 cells).
Категория цены
Unknown.
