Niphates digitalis Niphates digitalis

Niphates digitalisis commonly referred to as Niphates digitalis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 166775

Scientific:: Niphates digitalis
German:: Rosa Vasenschwamm
English:: Niphates Digitalis

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Niphatidae (Family) > Niphates (Genus) > digitalis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1814

Occurrence:: Belize, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, USA
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Niphates aga
Niphates alba
Niphates amorpha
Niphates arenata
Niphates cavernosa
Niphates caycedoi
Niphates digitalis
Rosa Vasenschwamm
Niphates erecta
Schwamm
Niphates furcata
Niphates hispida
Niphates luizae
Niphates lunisimilis
Niphates lutea
Niphates mirabilis
Niphates nitida
Niphates obtusispiculifera
Niphates olemda
Niphates plumosa
Niphates recondita
Niphates rowi
Niphates toxifera

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-13 10:53:05
Last edit:: 2014-04-13 10:53:05

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(Lamarck, 1814)

Dasychalina cyathina de Laubenfels, 1936
Sclerochalina cyathus Schmidt, 1870
Spongia digitalis Lamarck, 1814
Tuba crispa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Tuba digitalis (Lamarck, 1814)
Tuba digitalis var. villosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Tuba incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Tuba pavonina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Niphatidae (Family) > Niphates (Genus)

Scientific paper

Niphatenones, Glycerol Ethers from the Sponge Niphates digitalis Block Androgen Receptor Transcriptional Activity in Prostate Cancer Cells: Structure Elucidation, Synthesis, and Biological Activity, Meimetis, Labros G.; Williams, David E.; Mawji, Nasrin R.; Banuelos, Carmen A.; Lal, Aaron A.; Park, Jacob J.; Tien, Amy H.; Fernandez, Javier Garcia; de Voogd, Nicole J.; Sadar, Marianne D.; Andersen, Raymond J. , 2012
Retention efficiencies of the coral reef sponges Aplysina lacunosa , Callyspongia vaginalis and Niphates digitalis determined by Coulter counter and plate culture analysis, Duckworth, A. R.; Brück, W. M.; Janda, K. E.; Pitts, T. P.; McCarthy, P. J. , 2006

External links

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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