Haliclona piscaderaensis   van Soest, 1980


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Haplosclerida | Chalinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Panama, Colombia, Curacao and Venezuela.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.5 cm OT male/unsexed; (Ref. 415)

Short description Morphology

Thick to thin encrusting: 0.1 - 0.5 cm thick. Oscules: 0.2 - 0.4 cm wide; volcano shaped, with transparent membranes. Whitish to yellowish or light purple in color. Soft and fragile, almost crunchy to the touch. C-shaped sigmas abundant (Ref. 415).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum body thickness: 0.5 cm. In Bocas, common on mangroves roots, while in other localities it is a reported from cryptic reef habitats and seagrass beds as well (Ref. 415).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.