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Ciocalypta polymastia Finger Sponge

Ciocalypta polymastiais commonly referred to as Finger Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Ciocalypta polymastia, Auckland, New zealand 2021


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12665 
AphiaID:
165774 
Scientific:
Ciocalypta polymastia 
German:
Fingerschwamm 
English:
Finger Sponge 
Category:
Marine Sponges 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Suberitida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Ciocalypta (Genus) > polymastia (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lendenfeld, ), 1888 
Occurrence:
Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 30 Meter 
Size:
3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Ciocalypta aciculata
  • Ciocalypta aderma
  • Ciocalypta alba
  • Ciocalypta alleni
  • Ciocalypta carballoi
  • Ciocalypta digitata
  • Ciocalypta expanda
  • Ciocalypta gibbsi
  • Ciocalypta gracilis
  • Ciocalypta heterostyla
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-06-01 18:20:12 

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Ciocalypta polymastia (Lendenfeld, 1888)

Common Finger Sponges, intertidally on sheltered shores. Found growing out of sand, mud or rubble. Surface is smooth and the colour is yellow.

Synonymised names:
Stylotella polymastia Lendenfeld, 1888 (genus transfer)

External links

  1. A guide to the intertidal sponges of New Zealand (en). Abgerufen am 01.06.2022.
  2. inaturalist.org (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Two new records of demospongue from the Indian Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 08.09.2022.

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Ciocalypta polymastia. North Shore, Hauraki, Auckland, New Zealand 2022
Ciocalypta polymastia, Auckland. 2021
Ciocalypta polymastia, Auckland, New zealand 2021
Ciocalypta polymastia.Living on low tidal muddy rocks at Cape Horn, Manukau Harbour.2020
Finger Sponges,Ciocalypta polymastia, common intertidally on both coast of NZ on sheltered shores, it can tolerate muddy conditions. This photo was taken at Algies Bay, 2019

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