Demospongiae |
Suberitida |
Suberitidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; brackish; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 86836). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Belize, Florida, USA and Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Massive; encrusting and sprawling up to 2 cm thick. Smooth surface, often partly covered by sediment; faintly hispid with distant canals converging on oscules. Color: brown or red-brown (external); cream (internal). Consistency: firm, tough, slightly compressible. Few, irregularly distributed oscules. Skeleton: most spicules are confusedly arranged, while some occur perpendicular to the surface in a radiate structure (Ref. 85482).
Occurs on rocks in lagoons (Ref. 85482) and in mangrove ponds (Ref. 86789).
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.
Messing, C.. 2010 Interactive sponge guide of Florida. Available online at http://www.nova.edu/ncri/sofla_sponge_guide/index.html. Accessed 9 November 2010. (Ref. 85482)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
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Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.4 - 28.1, mean 27 (based on 50 cells).
