-
- About this page
- Languages
-
Feedback
- Citation
- Upload
-
Related species
- Agelas conifera
- Species in
Agelas - Species in
Agelasidae - - Classification -
- Agelasidae
- Agelasida
- Demospongiae
- Chordata
- Animalia
-
Agelas cerebrum Assmann, van Soest & Köck, 2001
Upload your photos
Google image |
No photo available for this species.No drawings available for Agelasidae.
Google image |
No photo available for this species.
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Demospongiae | Agelasida | Agelasidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Sessile. Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description Morphology
Thick tubes, usually with two that are fused or partly fused. Surface with round oscules surrounded by convoluted deep crevices. Color: cinnamon tan, orange, pink-lilac, light brown to grayish brown. Growth: tubular or vase-like. Consistency: tough, spongy, firm, and almost incompressible.
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
Assman, M., R.W.M. van Soest and M. Köck. 2001. (Ref. 81255)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Ecology
Population dynamics
Growth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycle
Distribution
Physiology
Oxygen consumption
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
Taxonomy
References
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record