Demospongiae | 
Tetractinellida | 
Tetillidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range				
				
					पारिस्थितिकी				
				
			
			
				;  गहराई सीमा 17 - 50 m (संदर्भ 108813).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Atlantic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
			
			
				परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Globular or subglobular, grows up to 4.5 cm across.  Specimens between .05 to 1.5 cm are ovoid erect, rarely stalked.  Surface covered with 2 to 6 large elevated cup-like depressions (i.e., porocalices) at widths between .05 to 1 cm.  Spicules present, radiated with protruding tips covering the remaining surface.  Color ranges from orange to yellow, reddish brown, or gray; paler internally.  Firm consistency, small specimens softer.  Oscules on top of cone-shaped protuberances, smaller than porocalices.  Spongin fibers absent (Ref. 85482).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Occurs in deeper rock pavements and hard bottoms (Ref. 85482).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Messing, C.. 2010 Interactive sponge guide of Florida. Available online at http://www.nova.edu/ncri/sofla_sponge_guide/index.html. Accessed 9 November 2010. (संदर्भ 85482)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (संदर्भ 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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					अधिक जानकारी				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
संघटक आहार
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परभक्षी
  Population dynamicsबाढ़
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बहुतायत
  Life cycleपुनरुत्पत्तिपरिपक्व अवधिFecundityमछलीऔ का अंडे देनाEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
				इंटरनेट स्रोत
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 22.9 - 27.8, mean 24.8 (based on 78 cells).