Cinachyrella alloclada Orange Ball Sponge

Cinachyrella allocladais commonly referred to as Orange Ball Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 6277
AphiaID:: 171291

Scientific:: Cinachyrella alloclada
German:: Orange Kugelschwamm
English:: Orange Ball Sponge

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Tetractinellida (Order) > Tetillidae (Family) > Cinachyrella (Genus) > alloclada (Species)
Initial determination:: (Uliczka, ), 1929

Occurrence:: Azores, Brazil, Cuba, Egypt, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Red Sea, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela
Sea depth:: 3 - 80 Meter
Size:: 3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C)
Food:: Plankton
Difficulty:: Experts only! Very hard to keep
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Cinachyrella albabidens
Cinachyrella albaobtusa
Cinachyrella albatridens
Cinachyrella alloclada
Orange Kugelschwamm
Cinachyrella amphiacantha
Cinachyrella anomala
Cinachyrella apion
Cinachyrella arabica
Cinachyrella arenosa
Cinachyrella australiensis
Golfball Schwamm
Cinachyrella australis
Cinachyrella cavernosa
Cinachyrella clavigera
Cinachyrella crustata
Cinachyrella enigmatica
Cinachyrella eurystoma
Cinachyrella globulosa
Cinachyrella hamata
Cinachyrella hirsuta
Cinachyrella ibis
Cinachyrella kuekenthali
Cinachyrella lacerata
Cinachyrella macellata
Cinachyrella mertoni
Cinachyrella minuta
Cinachyrella novaezealandiae
Cinachyrella nuda
Cinachyrella paterifera
Cinachyrella phacoides
Cinachyrella robusta
Cinachyrella schulzei
Cinachyrella tarentina
Cinachyrella tenuiviolacea
Cinachyrella trochiformis
Cinachyrella unjinensis
Cinachyrella uteoides
Cinachyrella vaccinata

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-10-25 15:13:06
Last edit:: 2022-08-04 20:26:57

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Cinachyrella alloclada (Uliczka, 1929)

Cinachyrella sp. from the Red Sea may be the orange ball sponge Cinachyrella alloclada,but the Id is not sure.

Very similar bullet sponges are:
Apion Cinachyrella
Cinachyrella kuekenthali

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Spirophorida (Order) > Tetillidae (Family) > Cinachyrella (Genus)

External links

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

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus der Karibik

Cinachyrella spec © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Bild vom Roten Meer

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