Hymedesmia lancifera red sponge

Hymedesmia lanciferais commonly referred to as red sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Hymedesmia lancifera © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Bild vom Roten Meer

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lexID:: 6273
AphiaID:: 191867

Scientific:: Hymedesmia lancifera
German:: Roter Wabenschwamm
English:: Red Sponge

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Hymedesmiidae (Family) > Hymedesmia (Genus) > lancifera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Topsent, ), 1906

Occurrence:: Egypt, Red Sea
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Hymedesmia acerata
Hymedesmia aequata
Hymedesmia agariciicola
Hymedesmia alcoladoi
Hymedesmia anatoliensis
Hymedesmia anisostrongyloxea
Hymedesmia antarctica
Hymedesmia armigera
Hymedesmia arndti
Hymedesmia atlantica
Hymedesmia aurantiaca
Hymedesmia australiensis
Hymedesmia australis
Hymedesmia baculifera
Hymedesmia barnesi
Hymedesmia basiclavata
Hymedesmia basispinosa
Hymedesmia bocki
Hymedesmia bonairensis
Hymedesmia bowerbanki
Hymedesmia brachyrhabda
Hymedesmia bractea
Hymedesmia canadensis
Hymedesmia caribica
Hymedesmia castanea
Hymedesmia chlorosa
Hymedesmia clavigera
Hymedesmia cohesibacilla
Hymedesmia consanguinea
Hymedesmia cordichela
Hymedesmia coriacea
Hymedesmia crami
Hymedesmia cratera
Hymedesmia crelloides
Hymedesmia croftsae
Hymedesmia crux
Hymedesmia cultrisigma
Hymedesmia curacaoensis
Hymedesmia curvichela
Hymedesmia decepta
Hymedesmia dendyi
Hymedesmia depressa
Hymedesmia dermata
Hymedesmia dichela
Hymedesmia digitata
Hymedesmia donsi
Hymedesmia dubia
Hymedesmia ebria
Hymedesmia filans
Hymedesmia filifera
Hymedesmia flaccida
Hymedesmia fristedti
Hymedesmia gaussiana
Hymedesmia gibbosa
Hymedesmia gisleni
Hymedesmia gracilisigma
Hymedesmia grandis
Hymedesmia gregalis
Hymedesmia gunhildae
Hymedesmia gustafsoni
Hymedesmia hallmanni
Hymedesmia helgae
Hymedesmia hibernica
Hymedesmia indivisa
Hymedesmia inflata
Hymedesmia irregularis
Hymedesmia jamaicensis
Hymedesmia jecusculum
Hymedesmia jugalis
Hymedesmia koehleri
Hymedesmia lacera
Hymedesmia laevistylus
Hymedesmia lamina
Hymedesmia lancifera
Roter Wabenschwamm
Hymedesmia laptikhovskyi
Hymedesmia latrunculioides
Hymedesmia lenta
Hymedesmia leptochela
Hymedesmia levis
Hymedesmia lindstroemae
Hymedesmia lissostyla
Hymedesmia lobichela
Hymedesmia longistylus
Hymedesmia longurius
Hymedesmia lundbecki
Hymedesmia macrosigma
Hymedesmia mamillaris
Hymedesmia mannarensis
Hymedesmia manubriata
Hymedesmia mariondufresni
Hymedesmia matthesi
Hymedesmia mertoni
Hymedesmia microchela
Hymedesmia microstrongyla
Hymedesmia minuta
Hymedesmia mollis
Hymedesmia mucronata
Hymedesmia mucronella
Hymedesmia murrayi
Hymedesmia mutabilis
Hymedesmia nigrescens
Hymedesmia norvegica
Hymedesmia nummota
Hymedesmia nummulus
Hymedesmia obtusata
Hymedesmia occulta
Hymedesmia oculifera
Hymedesmia odhneri
Hymedesmia omissa
Hymedesmia orientalis
Hymedesmia oxneri
Hymedesmia pachychela
Hymedesmia palmatichela
Hymedesmia palmatichelifera
Hymedesmia pansa
Hymedesmia parva
Hymedesmia parvispicula
Hymedesmia paupertas
Hymedesmia peachii
Hymedesmia pennata
Hymedesmia perforata
Hymedesmia perlucida
Hymedesmia pharos
Hymedesmia pilata
Hymedesmia planca
Hymedesmia planisigma
Hymedesmia platychela
Hymedesmia plicata
Hymedesmia poicilacantha
Hymedesmia primitiva
Hymedesmia procumbens
Hymedesmia prostrata
Hymedesmia proxima
Hymedesmia pugio
Hymedesmia pulposus
Hymedesmia rathlinia
Hymedesmia rectirhaphis
Hymedesmia rhaphigena
Hymedesmia rissoi
Hymedesmia rowi
Hymedesmia rugosa
Hymedesmia saccea
Hymedesmia senegalensis
Hymedesmia serrulata
Hymedesmia similis
Hymedesmia simillima
Hymedesmia spinata
Hymedesmia spiniarcuata
Hymedesmia spinosa
Hymedesmia splenium
Hymedesmia stellifera
Hymedesmia stephensi
Hymedesmia stoneae
Hymedesmia storea
Hymedesmia stylata
Hymedesmia stylifera
Hymedesmia stylophora
Hymedesmia tendali
Hymedesmia tenuicula
Hymedesmia tenuisigma
Hymedesmia tenuissima
Hymedesmia thielei
Hymedesmia tornotata
Hymedesmia trichoma
Hymedesmia truncata
Hymedesmia uchinourensis
Hymedesmia umbelliformis
Hymedesmia unguifera
Hymedesmia valentinae
Hymedesmia velata
Hymedesmia veneta
Hymedesmia verrucosa
Hymedesmia versicolor
Hymedesmia vomerula
Hymedesmia xavierae
Hymedesmia zetlandica

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-10-24 20:16:46
Last edit:: 2013-10-24 20:16:46

Info

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) lancifera (Topsent, 1906)

The Red sponge lives in shallow waters and in greater depths on hard ground in the Red Sea.

Sorry, we have no further information on this sponge.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Hymedesmiidae (Family) > Hymedesmia (Genus) > Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) (Subgenus)

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Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Hymedesmia lancifera © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Bild vom Roten Meer

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