Demospongiae |
Clionaida |
Clionaidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
; djupintervall 0 - 100 m (Ref. 101942). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Irregularly shaped. Hispid surface with steep-sided conical projections. Calcitic materials fills in grooves; ostia not visible. Oscula in the apex of the conules is hard to see underwater. Hard and corky texture, not easily compressible and hard to tear. Brown; dark conules than the rest of the body. Tightly packed spicules that criss-crosses each other, with some potruding to the surface.
Found in areas with coral rubbles and sandy substrate (Ref. 84985). Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.
Hooper, J.N.A., J.A. Kennedy and R.W.M. van Soest 2000 Annotated checklist of sponges (Porifera) of the South China Sea region. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 8:125-207. (Ref. 81108)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
| FishSource |
Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.6 - 29, mean 28 (based on 1320 cells).
