Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Microcionidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
; Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 1 - 35 m (Αναφ. 108813). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm H αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 415)
Thinly encrusting: 0.2 - 0.4 cm thickness to lobate, ramose, palmate or flabellate, with thin branches reaching 10 - 15 cm in height. Very characteristically colored externally orange to red with yellowish tinges. Very smooth, somewhat slippery surface. Soft and compressible in consistency (Ref. 415).
Species grows on mangrove prop roots and seagrass beds (Ref. 86836). They are found in coral reefs and rocky bottoms (Ref. 83919).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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. (Αναφ. 415)
IUCN Red List Status
(Αναφ. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Τροφική ΟικολογίαFood items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
Population dynamicsΑύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.3 - 28.3, mean 27.2 (based on 315 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.