Demospongiae | 
Chondrillida | 
Halisarcidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				; Υφάλμυρο;  εύρος βάθους 2 - 15 m (Αναφ. 415).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Central Atlantic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
			
			
				Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm OT αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 415)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Encrusting sponge,  0.1 - 0.2 cm thickness.  Smooth, and slippery surface, with regularly dispersed oscula:  0.2 - 0.3 cm in diameter.  A conspicuous star-shaped canal system surrounds each oscula (Ref. 415).  Color: light to dark blue or violet.  Leathery (Ref. 85482).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Maximum body thickness:  0.2 cm (Ref. 415). On dead coral in reef environments:  2 to 15 m deep (Ref. 415).  Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836).  Favors coral undersides, overhangs, and crevices in shallow and deep reefs and hard bottoms (Ref. 85482).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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Εργαλεία
			
			
			
			
				
					Περισσότερες πληροφορίες				
				
					 Τροφική ΟικολογίαFood items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
  Population dynamicsΑύξησηMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionΑφθονία   Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
				Διαδικτυακές πηγές
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.5 (based on 517 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.