Polymastia invaginata

Polymastia invaginata   Kirkpatrick, 1907


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Polymastiida | Polymastiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range 18 - 1226 m (Ref. 89939).  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southern Ocean and the Antarctic: Antarctica, Kerguelen Island, and Terre Adélie.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Greenish gray to yellow. Hemispherical and bristly, with until 2 large conical papillae that contracts when disturbed. Up to 11 cm in diameter (Ref. 089939).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Common on cliffs and hard surfaces. Also settles on small stones then extend out onto to the mud. Apparently able to remove sediment build-up by contraction and relaxation. Suspension feeder; preyed upon by starfishes. Larvae disperse by crawling (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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

van Soest, R., N. Boury-Esnault, D. Janussen and J. Hooper. 2005. (Ref. 7979)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): -1.8 - 1.5, mean -0.7 (based on 1601 cells).

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