Leucetta primigenia Calcareous Sponge, ferruginous sponge

Leucetta primigeniais commonly referred to as Calcareous Sponge, ferruginous sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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lexID:

10157 

AphiaID:

164760 

Scientific:

Leucetta primigenia 

German:

Rostroter Kalkschwamm 

English:

Calcareous Sponge, Ferruginous Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Clathrinida (Order) > Leucettidae (Family) > Leucetta (Genus) > primigenia (Species) 

Initial determination:

Haeckel, 1872 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Bunaken, Circumglobal, Gulf of Mexico, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Philippines, Sulawesi, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

1 - 300 Meter 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Leucetta antarctica
• Leucetta avocado
• 
  Leucetta chagosensis
  Zitronengelber Kalkschwamm, Chagos-Kalkschwamm
• Leucetta delicata
• Leucetta floridana
• Leucetta gelatinosa
• Leucetta homoraphis
• Leucetta imberbis
• Leucetta insignis
• Leucetta microraphis
• Leucetta potiguar
• 
  Leucetta primigenia
  Rostroter Kalkschwamm
• Leucetta prolifera
• Leucetta pyriformis
• Leucetta sagittata
• Leucetta solida
• Leucetta trigona
• Leucetta villosa
• Leucetta weddelliana
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-11-15 19:57:10 

Last edit:

2016-11-15 20:18:36 

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