Demospongiae |
Dictyoceratida |
Irciniidae
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
Rifbewoner; brak water; diepte 1 - 50 m (Ref. 108813). Tropical
Western Atlantic: Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.5 cm H mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 415)
Massive-globular with large sharp conules: up to 0.5 cm high; regularly spaced up to 1.3 cm apart. Membrane-bearing oscules: 0.2 - 1.5 cm wide; usually grouped onto a depression on top of the sponge. Dark gray to black externally, tan internally. Tough very hard to cut (Ref. 415). Morphology: fan, lobate, massive or spherical (Ref. 81728). Color often paler near the base, rarely almost white with. Black oscules; small specimens have only one oscule (Ref. 85482).
Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739. Common on shallow reefs, seagrass beds (Ref. 415) and hard bottoms. Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836). Occasionally on deeper muddy sand bottoms. Often emits a strong, sulfurous pungent scent when removed from the water (Ref. 85482). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209). Inhabits coralline algae reefs, coral communities, and lower mesophotic reefs (Ref. 128739).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
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 Photographic identification guide to some common marine invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3):638-707. (Ref. 415)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
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Gewenste temperatuur
(Ref.
115969): 23.7 - 28.1, mean 27.3 (based on 722 cells).
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Prijsklasse
Unknown.