Leucosolenia complicata Barents Sea Sponge

Leucosolenia complicatais commonly referred to as Barents Sea Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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Scientific:: Leucosolenia complicata
German:: Kalkschwamm
English:: Barents Sea Sponge

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Leucosoleniidae (Family) > Leucosolenia (Genus) > complicata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Montagu, ), 1814

Occurrence:: the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Skagerrak, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 0 - 93 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 3.15" (2cm - 8cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: omnivore, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
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:: 2014-03-28 16:50:00
Last edit:: 2020-04-03 19:51:45

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(Montagu, 1818)

Colour: White and Grey.

Synonyms:
Ascandra amoeboides Haeckel, 1870
Ascandra armata (Haeckel, 1872)
Ascandra complicata (Montagu, 1814)
Asculmis armata Haeckel, 1870
Asculmis norvegica Haeckel, 1872
Leucosolenia armata (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia fabricii Haeckel, 1870
Leucosolenia fabricii (Schmidt, 1869)
Leucosolenia pinus Haeckel, 1870
Leucosolenia pocillum Haeckel, 1870
Olynthus hispida Haeckel, 1870
Spongia complicata Montagu, 1814

Scientific paper

Gamete Structure and Fertilization in the Barents Sea Sponge Leucosolenia complicata, R. P. Anakina; A. L. Drozdov, 2001
The structure of the porocytes in the calcareous sponge Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu), Jones, W. Clifford, 1966

External links

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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