Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Bowerbank's halichondria

Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbankiis commonly referred to as Bowerbank's halichondria. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6431 

AphiaID:

165801 

Scientific:

Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki 

German:

Klumpenschwamm 

English:

Bowerbank's Halichondria 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Suberitida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus) > (Halichondria) bowerbanki (Species) 

Initial determination:

Burton, 1930 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Azores, Columbia, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Halichondria adelpha
• Halichondria agglomerans
• Halichondria albescens
• Halichondria aldabrensis
• Halichondria almae
• Halichondria arenacea
• Halichondria arenosa
• Halichondria armata
• Halichondria attenuata
• Halichondria axinelloides
• Halichondria bowerbanki
• Halichondria broendstedi
• Halichondria brunnea
• Halichondria cancellosa
• Halichondria capensis
• Halichondria carotenoidea
• Halichondria cartilaginea
• Halichondria cebimarensis
• Halichondria coerulea
• Halichondria colossea
• Halichondria contorta
• Halichondria convolvens
• Halichondria cornuloides
• Halichondria corrugata
• Halichondria cristata
• Halichondria cylindrata
• Halichondria darwinensis
• Halichondria diversispiculata
• Halichondria dubia
• Halichondria fallax
• Halichondria fastigiata
• Halichondria flava
• Halichondria flexuosa
• Halichondria foetida
• Halichondria foraminosa
• Halichondria fragilis
• Halichondria gageoenesis
• Halichondria genitrix
• Halichondria gilvus
• Halichondria glabrata
• Halichondria granulata
• Halichondria heterorrhaphis
• Halichondria intermedia
• Halichondria isthmica
• Halichondria japonica
• Halichondria knowltoni
• Halichondria labiata
• Halichondria lambei
• Halichondria lendenfeldi
• Halichondria leuconoides
• Halichondria lona
• Halichondria longispicula
• Halichondria lutea
• Halichondria magniconulosa
• Halichondria maraensis
• Halichondria melanadocia
• Halichondria membranacea
• Halichondria microbiana
• Halichondria migottea
• Halichondria minuta
• Halichondria modesta
• Halichondria moorei
• Halichondria muanensis
• Halichondria nigrocutis
• Halichondria normani
• Halichondria oblonga
• Halichondria okadai
• Halichondria osculum
• Halichondria oshoro
• Halichondria oxiparva
• Halichondria panicea
• Halichondria papillaris
• Halichondria pelliculata
• Halichondria phakellioides
• Halichondria poa
• Halichondria pontica
• Halichondria prostrata
• Halichondria punctata
• Halichondria renieroides
• Halichondria schmidti
• Halichondria semitubulosa
• Halichondria sitiens
• Halichondria solidior
• Halichondria stylata
• Halichondria suberosa
• Halichondria sulfurea
• Halichondria surrubicunda
• Halichondria syringea
• Halichondria tenebrica
• Halichondria tenera
• Halichondria tenuiramosa
• Halichondria tenuispiculata
• Halichondria turritella
• Halichondria velamentosa
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens
  Meeresschwamm
• 
  Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki
  Klumpenschwamm
• 
  Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea
  Brotkrumenschwamm
• 
  Halichondria (Halichondria) prostrata
  Schwamm
• 
  Halichondria sp.01
  Schwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-20 20:44:15 

Last edit:

2013-11-20 20:44:15 

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