Demospongiae |
Lithistida |
Pleromidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 179 - 1131 m (Ref. 89546). Tropical
Western Pacific. Tropical to temperate.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Attached to hard rocky substrata on continental shelf banks, along with an array of invertebrates such as other lithistid sponges, molluscs, bryozoans, brachiopods, echinoderms, hydroids, and stylasterid hydrocorals (Ref. 89546). Found on the upper slope (Ref. 106682). 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.
Kelly, M. 2007. (Ref. 89546)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 8.3 - 17.2, mean 11.1 (based on 75 cells).
