Pseudosuberites montiniger   (Carter, 1880)

Peachball sponge

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Pseudosuberites montiniger  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Suberitida | Suberitidae

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

Sessile; depth range 0 - 426 m (Ref. 865).  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic, Northeast Atlantic, Pacific Ocean and the Antarctic. Temperate and polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 865)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Prominent upright orange to brown sponge with smooth surface and many oscula, which may spread 30 cm across and 30 cm in height (Ref. 865) Maximum depth from Ref. 121145. Found in shallow reefs (Ref. 865).

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

Danis, B. 2050. (Ref. 89939)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.4 - 15.3, mean 5.8 (based on 1461 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.