Demospongiae |
Haplosclerida |
Phloeodictyidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 16 - 900 m (Ref. 89939). Polar
Antarctic: south Orkney Islands and Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Pale with distinctive flattened fronds and a hard stalk. Grows slow up to 50 cm height (Ref. 089939).
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.
Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE). 2011. (Ref. 87340)
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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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): -1.7 - 1.2, mean -0.8 (based on 628 cells).