title: Porifera: sudden sperm release by tropical Demonspongiae.
abstract: Three tropical marine demosponges inhabiting the deep coral reefs of Jamaica expel immense clouds of milky fluid from exhalant apertures. Analysis of samples shows this fluid to contain mature male gametes. The behavior is an individual or a population event in different species.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D008386:Marine Biology; D010507:Periodicity; D011161:Porifera / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013094:Spermatozoa; D014329:Tropical Climate