Demospongiae |
Bubarida |
Dictyonellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; brackish. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Belize and Jamaica.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Thickly encrusting. Smooth surface is brown-yellowish with purple or brown-pinkish areas; with minute pores aggregating in shallow depressions. Transparent channels present. Circular oscules. White choanosome; soft and crumbly. No ectosomal skeleton specialization.
Occurs in subtidal mangrove roots at a depth of 0.5 m (Ref. 081714).
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.
Alvarez, B., R.W.M. van Soest and K. Rützler. 2002. (Ref. 81714)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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