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Thin to thick encrusting: 0.5 - 2 cm thick. Bright orange to yellowish orange, externally and internally. The surface is conulose; transparent with scattered and membranous oscules. The consistency is very soft and limp (Ref. 415).
Maximum thickness: 2 cm (Ref. 415). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128739. It is common on mangrove roots; peat banks; and on shallow reefs habitats (Ref. 415). Inhabits coralline algae reefs, algal nodules, shallow coral reefs and mangroves (Ref. 128739).
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.