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Tethya bergquistae Pink golfball sponge

Tethya bergquistaeis commonly referred to as Pink golfball sponge . Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Tethya bergquistae,Below low tide at,2020


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:
12788 
AphiaID:
170937 
Scientific:
Tethya bergquistae 
German:
Pink Golfball-Schwamm 
English:
Pink Golfball Sponge  
Category:
Marine Sponges 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Tethyida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Tethya (Genus) > bergquistae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994 
Occurrence:
Australia, New Zealand, South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia) 
Sea depth:
1 - 30 Meter 
Temperature:
51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, omnivore, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Tethya actinia
  • Tethya acuta
  • Tethya amplexa
  • Tethya andamanensis
  • Tethya asbestella
  • Tethya aurantium
    Meerorange
  • Tethya beatrizae
  • Tethya bergquistae
    Pink Golfball-Schwamm
  • Tethya boeroi
  • Tethya brasiliana
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-02-16 13:54:16 

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Tethya bergquistae Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994

Tethya is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae.Members of this genus all have a spherical body form and some are known to be able to move at speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.

Tethya bergquistae is a spherical sponge. It is rose pink externally and dull pink internally. The texture is firm and rough to touch.

This sponges are filter feeder and suspension feeder.

Synonymised names
Tethya australis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991 · unaccepted (preoccupied)

External links

  1. Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. inaturalist.nz/guide (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. marinelife.ac.nz (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Tethya bergquistae, Auckland, New Zealand 2022
Tethya bergquistae, Growing on subtidal rock wall in an overhang, Waipu, New Zealand 2022
Tethya bergquistae,Below low tide at,2020

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