Aaptos duchassaingi
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Aaptos duchassaingi   (Topsent, 1889)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Belize country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from a mangrove pond in Manatee Cay, Pelican Cays (Ref. 86836, 86789). O: Ref. 86836, 86789.
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Diaz, M.C. and K. Ruetzler, 2009
National Database:

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

Demospongiae | Suberitida | Suberitidae

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

Sessile; brackish; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 86836).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Belize, Florida, USA and Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

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).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Messing, C.. 2010. (Ref. 85482)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.4 - 28.1, mean 27 (based on 50 cells).

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