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Classification / Names / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 20 - 72 m (Ref. 108813). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Thick masses with conical or lobed oscular elevations. Heavily fouled surface, with elongated, meandering grooves of clean tissue as inhalant areas. Orange to orange-yellow. Moprhology: lobate, massive, tube. Consistency: crumbly, tough.
Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739. Inhabits coralline algae reefs, algal nodules, and lower mesophotic reefs (Ref. 128739).
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.
Zea, S., T.P. Henkel and J.R. Pawlik. 2009. (Ref. 81728)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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