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Poecilosclerida |
Hymedesmiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
Rifbewoner; brakwater; diepteverspreiding 1 - 36 m (Ref. 108813). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Belize, Cuba and USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Encrusting, 0.5 to 3 cm thick. Smooth surface with diagnostic pattern of round, slightly elevated pore fields not greater than 0.5 cm wide. Exterior and interior dark red to red-brown. Fragile and soft. Dark exudate when damaged. Elevated round oscules distributed irregulary with thin transparent or colored marginal membrane. Abundant spicules support the rounded warts at the surface (Ref. 85482).
Common on reefs; encrusts dead corals or the bases of live corals or on metamorphic rocks (Ref. 85482).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geslachtsrijpheid | Voortplanting | Kuitschieten | Eieren | Fecundity | Larven
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.
Engel, S. and J.R. Pawlik. 2005. (Ref. 837)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Gevaarlijk voor mensen
Gebruik door de mens
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.5 - 28.1, mean 27 (based on 642 cells).
Prijsklasse
Unknown.
