Demospongiae |
Poecilosclerida |
Rhabderemiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 11 - 600 m (Ref. 102294). Tropical
Pacific Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Depth range is based on occurrence records in Solomon Islands (Refs. 102294, 102295); to be replaced with a better reference. Predominantly in shallow waters, tropical to subtropical (Ref. 102293). Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823).
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.
Colin, P.L. and C. Arneson. 1995. (Ref. 864)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 12.9 - 25.4, mean 19.2 (based on 181 cells).