Dysidea janiae (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050

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Dysidea janiae AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Dysideidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; खारा; गहराई सीमा 10 - 25 m (संदर्भ 108813). Tropical

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Grows in clusters of small tubes with widths between 2 to 4 cm and heights less than 10 cm, or irregular lobate mass with short broad tubes. Uniformly rugose surface common, at times weakly lumpy. Both exterior and interior color varies from white to gray, with some having a pinkish tinge. Soft and compressible consistency. Compound apical oscules present on each tube with a white membrane. Spicules absent, instead with algal filaments embedded in spongin (Ref. 85482). Often attached to gorgonians (Ref. 81728).

Encrusts rocks, shells, dead coral or other sponges, in shallow lagoons and coral reefs (Ref. 85482). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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.