Clathrina primordialis   Heackel, 1870


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

Calcarea | Clathrinida | Clathrinidae

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

Reef-associated; brackish.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic and the Antarctic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Flat cushions: 0.5 - 3 cm diameter; comprised of a tightly knit trelliswork of tubes about 0.1 cm wide. Bright, lemon-yellow to pale yellow. Compressible, fragile. The surface is smooth. Few ocules: 0.1 - 0.2 cm wide (Ref. 415).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Common, on peat banks and occasionally grow on other sponges (Ref. 415).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Calcarea are hermaphroditic. Life cycle: The zygote develops into either coeloblastula or amphiblastula larva (free-swimming) before settling down on a substrate where it grows into a young sponge.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.