Phakellia sp. Sponge

Phakellia sp.is commonly referred to as Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep.

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lexID:

13092 

AphiaID:

131779 

Scientific:

Phakellia sp. 

German:

Schwamm 

English:

Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Axinellida (Order) > Axinellidae (Family) > Phakellia (Genus) > sp. (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bowerbank, 1862 

Occurrence:

Japan, South-Africa, USA 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Food:

Food specialist, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Phakellia atypica
• Phakellia bettinae
• Phakellia bowerbanki
• Phakellia carduus
• Phakellia columnata
• Phakellia connexiva
• Phakellia crassistylifera
• Phakellia crateriformis
• Phakellia dalli
• Phakellia elegans
• Phakellia foliacea
• Phakellia folium
• Phakellia fusca
• Phakellia hirondellei
• Phakellia hooperi
• Phakellia izuensis
• Phakellia labellum
• Phakellia lambei
• Phakellia lamelligera
• Phakellia multiformis
• Phakellia palmata
• Phakellia paupera
• Phakellia perforata
• Phakellia pygmaea
• Phakellia radiata
• Phakellia robusta
• Phakellia stelliderma
• Phakellia stipitata
• Phakellia sur
• Phakellia symmetrica
• Phakellia tropicalis
• Phakellia ventilabrum
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Phakellia sp.
  Schwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-06-09 09:10:57 

Last edit:

2020-06-09 09:17:01 

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