Dysidea etheria de Laubenfels, 1936

Ethereal sponge

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

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Dysidea etheria AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Dysideidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / Mức độ sâu / distribution range Sinh thái học

; Thuộc về nước lợ; Mức độ sâu 1 - 17 m (Tài liệu tham khảo 86836). Tropical; 25°C - 33°C (Tài liệu tham khảo 86836)

Distribution Các nước | Các khu vực của FAO | Các hệ sinh thái | Những lần xuất hiện | Những chỉ dẫn

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Weight / Age

Chín muồi sinh dục: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.1 cm H con đực/không giới tính; (Tài liệu tham khảo 415)

Short description Hình thái học

Encrusting, to massive amorphous, ramose (Ref. 415), lobate or finger-like (Ref. 85482). Grayish, bright blue externally, light blue to tan internally. Sharp, conulose surface: 0.1 cm high; 0.2 - 0.3 cm apart (Ref. 415). Oscules: few, round, flush or with a slightly raised transparent membrane; scattered or on tops of lobes 0.5 to 1 cm wide. Meshwork of spongin fibers densely filled with foreign materials, e.g., sand grains and spicule fragments. Softly spongy, very compressible, limp, weak, and easily torn (Ref. 85482).

Maximum depth from Ref. 108813. Common on mangrove roots (Ref. 415), shallow reefs, bays, lagoons, and seagrass beds on hard bottoms (Ref. 85482).

Life cycle and mating behavior Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Eggs | Sự sinh sản | 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.