Demospongiae |
Tetractinellida |
Ancorinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 50 - 95 m (Ref. 3699). Subtropical
Eastern Pacific and Eastern Atlantic: USA, Canada and Chile. Subtropical to temperate.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Depth range based from occurrence (Ref. 3699); to be replaced with a better reference.
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.
Castilla, J.C., M. Uribe, N. Bahamonde, M. Clarke, R. Desqueyroux-Faúndez, I. Kong, H. Moyano, N. Rozbaczylo, B. Santelices, C. Valdovinos and P. Zavala 2005 Down under the southeastern Pacific: marine non-indigenous species in Chile. Biological Invasions 7:213-232. (Ref. 3699)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 7.6 - 9.8, mean 8.6 (based on 12 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
