Demospongiae | 
Chondrillida | 
Chondrillidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				Υφαλόφιλο(α); Υφάλμυρο;  εύρος βάθους 3 - 20 m (Αναφ. 415).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Atlantic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
			
			
				Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm OT αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 415)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Thin to thick encrusting:  0.2 - 4 cm to massive amorphous.  The surface is smooth, shiny with oscules regularly distributed; 0.2 - 1 cm wide.  Dark brown to walnut brown or beige, externally, and tan internally.  The consistency is soft, elastic and tough (Ref. 415).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Minimum depth from Ref. 108813.  Maximum thickness:  4 cm (ref. 415). Thick on mangroves and thin on coral reefs (Ref. 415).  In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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 Photographic identification guide to some common marine invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3):638-707. (Αναφ. 415)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Αναφ. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 24.5 - 28.2, mean 27.1 (based on 850 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.