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Classification / Names / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 60 - ? m (Ref. 128739). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Scarlet red to orange. Erect cylinder or bushes. Spicules protrude from numerous evenly-spaced spiny, roundish processes forming the surface. Tough consistency.
Dwells in lower mesophotic reefs, heavily silted reefs, coralline algae reefs, shallow coral reefs and hard substrates (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
Human uses
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