Leucosolenia variabilis Calcareous tube-sponge

Leucosolenia variabilisis commonly referred to as Calcareous tube-sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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Scientific:: Leucosolenia variabilis
German:: Röhrenkalkschwamm
English:: Calcareous Tube-sponge

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Leucosoleniidae (Family) > Leucosolenia (Genus) > variabilis (Species)
Initial determination:: Haeckel, 1870

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Antarctica, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Azores, Chile, East-Atlantic Ocean, English Channel, European Coasts, Greenland, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Scandinavia, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 50 - 70 Meter
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, omnivore, Plankton, Suspension feeder
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:

Leucosolenia aboralis
Leucosolenia albatrossi
Leucosolenia arachnoides
Leucosolenia australis
Leucosolenia botryoides
Röhrenkalkschwamm
Leucosolenia cervicornis
Leucosolenia clarkii
Leucosolenia complicata
Kalkschwamm
Leucosolenia cyathus
Leucosolenia discoveryi
Leucosolenia echinata
Leucosolenia eleanor
Eleanor's Röhrenkalkschwamm, Netz-Ball-Schwamm
Leucosolenia eustephana
Leucosolenia falklandica
Leucosolenia feuerlandica
Leucosolenia fragilis
Leucosolenia gegenbauri
Leucosolenia goethei
Leucosolenia hispidissima
Leucosolenia horrida
Leucosolenia incerta
Leucosolenia lucasi
Leucosolenia macquariensis
Leucosolenia microspinata
Leucosolenia minchini
Leucosolenia minuta
Leucosolenia mollis
Leucosolenia nautilia
Leucosolenia parthenopea
Leucosolenia pilosella
Leucosolenia pyriformis
Leucosolenia rosea
Leucosolenia salpinx
Leucosolenia serica
Leucosolenia solida
Leucosolenia somesii
Leucosolenia tenera
Leucosolenia variabilis
Röhrenkalkschwamm
Leucosolenia ventosa
Leucosolenia vesicula

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-12-20 18:42:06
Last edit:: 2020-04-02 19:05:06

Info

Haeckel, 1870

Color: white, yellow, or grey

Similar species
Leucosolenia complicataL.
Leucosolenia botryoides
Leucosolenia somesi

Synonyms:
Ascandra corallorrhiza Haeckel, 1872
Ascandra tenuis Schuffner, 1877
Ascandra variabilis Haeckel, 1870
Leucosolenia botryoides var. variabilis (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucosolenia corallorrhiza (Haeckel, 1872)
Spongia confervicola Templeton, 1836

Scientific paper

Note on the Larva and the Postlarval Development of Leucosolenia variabilis, H. sp., with Remarks on the Development of other Asconidae, E. A. Minchin, 1896-1897
Note on the Larva and the Postlarval Development of Leucosolenia variabilis, H. sp., with Remarks on the Development of other Asconidae, Minchin, E. A., 1896

External links

A monograph of the calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) of Greenland (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Röhren-Kalkschwamm, Leucosolenia variabilis

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