Leucosolenia botryoides Orange pipe sponge, Leucosolenia sponge

Leucosolenia botryoidesis commonly referred to as Orange pipe sponge, Leucosolenia sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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AphiaID:: 132216

Scientific:: Leucosolenia botryoides
German:: Röhrenkalkschwamm
English:: Orange Pipe Sponge, Leucosolenia Sponge

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Leucosoleniidae (Family) > Leucosolenia (Genus) > botryoides (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ellis & Solander, ), 1786

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Madeira, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 3 - 43 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2cm)
Temperature:: 35.6 °F - 73.4 °F (2°C - 23°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown