Calcarea |
Leucosolenida |
Amphoriscidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 0 - 155 m (Ref. 865). Polar
Eastern Pacific and the Arctic: Northern Alaska to Baja California. Subtropical to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 4.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 865)
Urn-shaped, cream white with single osculum at the free end (Ref. 865). Maximum depth from Ref. 116516.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Calcarea are hermaphroditic. Life cycle: The zygote develops into either coeloblastula or amphiblastula larva (free-swimming) before settling down on a substrate where it grows into a young sponge.
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.5 - 18.2, mean 11 (based on 126 cells).
Price category
Unknown.