Sarcotragus foetidus Dark stinging sponge

Sarcotragus foetidusis commonly referred to as Dark stinging sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10085 

AphiaID:

0 

Scientific:

Sarcotragus foetidus 

German:

Höckriger Lederschwamm 

English:

Dark Stinging Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Sarcotragus (Genus) > foetidus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Schmidt, 1862 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Azores, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

- 400 Meter 

Size:

15.75" - 19.69" (40cm - 50cm) 

Temperature:

59 °F - 73.4 °F (15°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Sarcotragus aliger
• Sarcotragus australis
• Sarcotragus coreanus
• Sarcotragus fasciculatus
• 
  Sarcotragus foetidus
  Höckriger Lederschwamm
• Sarcotragus gapaensis
• Sarcotragus maraensis
• Sarcotragus myrobalanus
• Sarcotragus pipetta
• 
  Sarcotragus spinosulus
  Schwamm
• Sarcotragus tuberculatus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-11-02 13:18:44 

Last edit:

2019-12-11 06:47:27 

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