Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; saumâtre; profondeur 1 - 10 m (Ref. 108813). Tropical
Pacific Ocean and Western Central Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Description synthétique
Morphologie
Massive. Lobate to repent branches with fistules that break off easily. Black externally and internally. Smooth surface with scattered membrane bearing oscules; 0.3 - 0.5 cm in diameter, located on top of volcano-shaped elevations. Brittle to pulpy in consistency (Ref. 415). May appear as thick encrustation, usually partly buried or heavily covered with sediment. Releases black exudate when damaged. Oscules round and irregularly distributed; with thin walls (Ref. 85482).
Very common between coral rubble, in shallow reefs, seagrass beds, and mangroves (Ref. 415). Common on shallow lagoon bottoms; encrusting dead corals or rocks (Ref. 85482).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Outils
Plus d'informations
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Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.6 - 29.2, mean 28.5 (based on 1101 cells).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.
