Dysidea janiae   (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Demospongiae | Dictyoceratida | Dysideidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; brackish; depth range 10 - 25 m (Ref. 108813).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Grows in clusters of small tubes with widths between 2 to 4 cm and heights less than 10 cm, or irregular lobate mass with short broad tubes. Uniformly rugose surface common, at times weakly lumpy. Both exterior and interior color varies from white to gray, with some having a pinkish tinge. Soft and compressible consistency. Compound apical oscules present on each tube with a white membrane. Spicules absent, instead with algal filaments embedded in spongin (Ref. 85482). Often attached to gorgonians (Ref. 81728).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Encrusts rocks, shells, dead coral or other sponges, in shallow lagoons and coral reefs (Ref. 85482). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 86836).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Zea, S., T.P. Henkel and J.R. Pawlik. 2009. (Ref. 81728)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.1 - 28.2, mean 27 (based on 410 cells).