Demospongiae |
Agelasida |
Hymerhabdiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; brackish. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Belize, Panama, Venezuela, Jamaica and Caribbean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm OT male/unsexed; (Ref. 415)
Encrusting: 0.3 - 4 cm thick; dull orange to yellow externally, lighter internally. Surface visually smooth in thin specimens, rugose on thicker ones. Oscules with transparent membranes: 0.1 - 0.6 cm in diameter with thin 0.1 - 0.2 cm canals departing radially. Soft and compressible, easy to tear (Ref. 415).
Maximum body thickness: 4 cm (Ref. 415). Common on reef's cryptic habitats, growing as thin crusts; rare on mangrove roots, where it grows thick (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.
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)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
