Demospongiae |
Axinellida |
Axinellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile. Subtropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 358)
Species can reach 1 m height. The ramifications are of cylindrical section; and are deprived of protuberances and peaks yellow coloring to orange; more rarely pink (Ref. 358).
Maximum Heigth: 100 cm. Biology: the sponge being provided with choanocytes, able to generate considerable currents of exchange, they frequently proliferate on sites where water stagnates completely. On the other hand, this species, against this observation of a general nature, affect in one rather zones where mixing is dynamic (Ref. 358). Habitat: Generally on hard funds and inside caves under navy (Ref. 358).
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.
Göthel, H. 1992 Guide de la faune sous-marine: La Méditerranée. Invertébrés marins et poissons. Eygen Ulmer GmbH & Co. 318 p. (Ref. 358)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Food consumption
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
