Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Coelosphaeridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; brackish. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Colombia, Panama and Belize.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm OT male/unsexed; (Ref. 415)
Massive amorphous: 10 - 30 cm thick. Yellow to orange externally, and internally. Surface smooth to slightly rugose. Large oscules with membranes: 0.5 - 3 cm in diameter, and smaller ones 0.1 - 0.3 cm. Compressible, easy to break, apart (Ref. 415).
Maximum thickness: 30 cm (Ref. 415).
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.
Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Abundance
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.9 - 28.4, mean 27.2 (based on 133 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.