Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans Sponge

Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustansis commonly referred to as Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 133882

Scientific:: Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans
German:: Grubenschwamm
English:: Sponge

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillidae (Family) > Myxilla (Genus) > (Myxilla) incrustans (Species)
Initial determination:: (Johnston, ), 1842

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Azores, Barents Sea, Greenland, Iceland, Madeira, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 4 - 274 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 28.4 °F - 68 °F (-2°C - 20°C)
Food:: Plankton
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Myxilla acanthotornota
Myxilla acribria
Myxilla agennes
Myxilla anchorata
Myxilla ancorata
Myxilla araucana
Myxilla arenaria
Myxilla asigmata
Myxilla asymmetrica
Myxilla australis
Myxilla barentsi
Myxilla basimucronata
Myxilla beauchenensis
Myxilla behringensis
Myxilla bivalvia
Myxilla caliciformis
Myxilla canepai
Myxilla chilensis
Myxilla columna
Myxilla compressa
Myxilla crassa
Myxilla crucifera
Myxilla dendyi
Myxilla dentata
Myxilla distorta
Myxilla diversiancorata
Myxilla dracula
Myxilla elastica
Myxilla elongata
Myxilla fibrosa
Myxilla fimbriata
Myxilla flexitornota
Myxilla funalis
Myxilla fusca
Myxilla gracilis
Myxilla hastata
Myxilla hastatispiculata
Myxilla hentscheli
Myxilla hiradoensis
Myxilla incrustans
Myxilla inequitornota
Myxilla insolens
Myxilla iophonoides
Myxilla iotrochotina
Myxilla kerguelensis
Myxilla lacunosa
Myxilla lissostyla
Myxilla lobata
Myxilla macrosigma
Myxilla mariana
Myxilla massa
Myxilla methanophila
Myxilla mexicensis
Myxilla mirabilis
Myxilla mollis
Myxilla mucronata
Myxilla myxilloides
Myxilla nodaspera
Myxilla novaezealandiae
Myxilla parasitica
Myxilla pedunculata
Myxilla perspinosa
Myxilla pistillaris
Myxilla ponceti
Myxilla productus
Myxilla prouhoi
Myxilla pumicea
Myxilla ramosa
Myxilla reses
Myxilla rosacea
Myxilla septentrionalis
Myxilla setoensis
Myxilla seychellensis
Myxilla sigmatifera
Myxilla swartschewskii
Myxilla tarifensis
Myxilla tornotata
Myxilla victoriana

More related species in this lexicon:

Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans
Grubenschwamm

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-05-22 19:16:41
Last edit:: 2020-04-01 18:56:12

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Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans (Johnston, 1842) is a usually sulphur yellow (also described as primose-yellow) sponge, but can be orange,pink, red or white.

Synonyme WoRMS:
Aphilectus incrustans
Dendory incrustans
Halichondria candida
Myxilla gigas

External links

Marine Species Identifcation Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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