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Axinellida |
Axinellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; distribuzione batimetrica 13 - 44 m (Ref. 108813). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Branches erect and flexible with tips generally tapering and dichotomous, generally attached on a central column and fused to each other at several points. Surface may be completely smooth or finely or coarsely conulose, with developing lobes and processes. Star-shaped oscules irregularly distributed. Color is purple, dark brown, almost black, light brown, purple brown, pink or beige in alcohol; unknown when alive.
Occurs in rock patches or coral reef bottom at depths between 13 to 30 m (Ref. 081712).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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.
Alvarez, B., R.W.M. van Soest and K. Rützler. 1998. (Ref. 81712)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Strumenti
Informazioni ulteriori
Age/SizeAccrescimentoLength-weightLength-lengthMorfologiaLarveAbbondanza
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.4 - 28, mean 26.4 (based on 50 cells).
