Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Sponge

Spongia (Spongia) officinalisis commonly referred to as Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

3032 

AphiaID:

165220 

Scientific:

Spongia (Spongia) officinalis 

German:

Gewöhnlicher Badeschwamm 

English:

Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) > (Spongia) officinalis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1759 

Occurrence:

Central Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, the Mediterranean Sea, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Indian Ocean 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Spongia adjimensis
• Spongia agaricina
• Spongia anclotea
• Spongia arabica
• Spongia australis
• Spongia bailyi
• Spongia barbara
• Spongia bibulus
• Spongia brunnea
• Spongia catarinensis
• Spongia cerebralis
• Spongia ceylonensis
• Spongia coelosia
• Spongia conifera
• Spongia cookii
• Spongia corrugata
• Spongia cristata
• Spongia distans
• Spongia excavata
• Spongia fenestrata
• Spongia fistulosa
• Spongia gorgonocephalus
• Spongia gracilis
• Spongia graminea
• Spongia hispida
• Spongia hospes
• Spongia illawarra
• Spongia irregularis
• Spongia lacinulosa
• Spongia lamella
• Spongia lesleighae
• Spongia lignea
• Spongia lobosa
• Spongia magellanica
• Spongia manipulatus
• Spongia matamata
• Spongia mexicana
• Spongia mokohinau
• Spongia mollicula
• Spongia muricata
• Spongia nicholsoni
• Spongia nitens
• Spongia obliqua
• Spongia obscura
• Spongia oceanica
• Spongia officinalis
• Spongia osculata
• Spongia osculosa
• Spongia papyracea
• Spongia perforata
• Spongia pertusa
• Spongia pilosa
• Spongia reticulata
• Spongia solitaria
• Spongia spinosa
• Spongia stellifera
• Spongia sterea
• Spongia suriganensis
• Spongia sweeti
• Spongia tampa
• Spongia tectoria
• Spongia tenuiramosa
• Spongia tubulifera
• Spongia violacea
• Spongia virgultosa
• Spongia zimocca
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Spongia (Spongia) officinalis
  Gewöhnlicher Badeschwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-02-14 11:09:35 

Last edit:

2010-02-14 11:09:35 

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