Desmapsamma anchorata (Carter, 1882)

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

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Desmapsamma anchorata AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Poecilosclerida | Desmacididae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त; खारा; गहराई सीमा 0 - 75 m (संदर्भ 108813). Tropical

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Western Atlantic and Western Pacific: Caribbean wide, tropical Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.5 cm WD पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 415)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Growth is highly variable from thick crusts to massive lobate, or sparsely to profusely branching. Smooth surface with barely visible pale dermal canals towards the oscules. Exterior is pink or pale reddish to lavender-gray to almost white. Interior is always dark red. Soft, compressible and elastic; interior crumbly. Elevated oscules with a white conical membrane (Ref. 85482).

Known from rocky bottoms (Ref. 83912). Widely distributed in shallow reef habitats, lagoons (Ref. 415), mangrove and seagrass. Early colonizer of shallow artificial reefs (Ref. 85482). Commensal with amphipods (Ref. 82302).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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.