Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Coelosphaeridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Belize.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Occurs on lagoon bottoms among Halimeda algae at depths between 2 to 5 m (Ref. 82087). Hosts alpheid shrimps on its canals (Ref. 83410).
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.
Macdonald, K.S. III, R. Ríos and J.E. Duffy 2006 Biodiversity, host specificity, and dominance by eusocial species among sponge-dwelling alpheid shrimp on the Belize Barrier Reef. Diversity and Distributions 12:165-178. (Ref. 83410)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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