Demospongiae |
Haplosclerida |
Callyspongiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; brackish; depth range 2 - 70 m (Ref. 108813). Tropical
Western Atlantic and Western Central Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 415)
Cylindrical, to funnel shaped tubes: 5 - 30 cm high, 1 - 10 cm diameter, 1 - 10 cm thick. Gray color with golden, pink or greenish tinges. Surface smooth or with thorn like conules up to 1 cm high, 0.3 - 1 cm apart. Compressible and elastic (Ref. 415).
Common on reefs (Ref. 415) and hard bottoms where coral is not dense in depths between 2 to 70 m (Ref. 85482). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209).
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.
Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Max. ages / sizes
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvaeLarval dynamics Human RelatedAquaculture profiles
Stamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.8 - 28.5, mean 26.7 (based on 584 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.