Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; saumâtre; profondeur 2 - 15 m (Ref. 415). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm OT mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 415)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
Encrusting sponge, 0.1 - 0.2 cm thickness. Smooth, and slippery surface, with regularly dispersed oscula: 0.2 - 0.3 cm in diameter. A conspicuous star-shaped canal system surrounds each oscula (Ref. 415). Color: light to dark blue or violet. Leathery (Ref. 85482).
Maximum body thickness: 0.2 cm (Ref. 415). On dead coral in reef environments: 2 to 15 m deep (Ref. 415). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836). Favors coral undersides, overhangs, and crevices in shallow and deep reefs and hard bottoms (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
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.5 (based on 517 cells).
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.