Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Coelosphaeridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
; खारा; गहराई सीमा 0 - 11 m (संदर्भ 108813). Tropical; 25°C - 33°C (संदर्भ 86836)
Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Amorphous to lobate. Conulose and rugose surface with oscules on top of lobes with dermal canals. Compressible (Ref. 415). Grows massive or in thick large tubes (Ref. 86785). Color: highly variable, from purple, blue, pale blue, bluish gray, bluish green, turquoise, olive-gray, clear green, yellow-green, clear yellow, golden yellow, to gray and almost white. Interior is often a bit lighter than exterior. Skeleton: ectosomal membrane with tylotes strewn about tangential strands, with some erect spicule columns supporting the membrane (Ref. 87254).
In shallow water, lagoon (Ref. 851); mangrove roots; among seagrass blades of Halimeda sp. (Ref. 415) and Thalassia sp.; or stony coral Porites sp. (Ref. 87254). 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.
Simpson, T.L. 1968 The Structure and Function of Sponge Cells: New criteria for the Taxonomy of Poecilosclerid Sponges (Demospongiae). Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. Bulletin 26. New Haven, Connecticut. 143 p. (संदर्भ 851)
IUCN Red List Status
(संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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साधन
अधिक जानकारी
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
Population dynamicsबाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Life cycleपुनरुत्पत्तिपरिपक्व अवधिFecundityमछलीऔ का अंडे देनाEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 10.5 - 29.1, mean 27 (based on 4516 cells).
Price category
Unknown.