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Poecilosclerida |
Desmacellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; estuarina; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 3 m (Ref. 108813). Tropical; 25°C - 33°C (Ref. 86836)
Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Encrusting: 0.3 - 0.6 cm to branching ramose sponge. Light soft yellow to orange externally and internally. Very soft to the touch, porous surface. Oscules dispersed, with slightly elevated transparent membranes, 0.1 - 0.4 wide. Compressible easy to break (Ref. 415).
Exclusively found on mangrove roots (Ref. 415).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
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Ferramentas
Mais informação
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Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.4 - 28.4, mean 27.3 (based on 220 cells).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.