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Halichondria melanadocia   de Laubenfels, 1936


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Halichondria melanadocia  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Jamaica country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in mangroves.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/jamaica-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Diaz, M.C. and K. Ruetzler, 2009
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Demospongiae > Suberitida () > Halichondriidae ()

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

Sessile; brackish; depth range 1 - 5 m (Ref. 108813).   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Central Pacific and Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Massive-amorphous to ramose, black to dark green externally, black with yellow tinges internally. Surface varies from smooth, to tuberculate to conulose. Oscules raised above the body: 0.3 - 10 cm wide. Compressible to the touch. Smooth surface, with detachable skin (Ref. 415).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

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: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.8 - 28.3, mean 27 (based on 317 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.