Niphates erecta Lavender rope sponge

Niphates erectais commonly referred to as Lavender rope sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7047 

AphiaID:

166776 

Scientific:

Niphates erecta 

German:

Schwamm 

English:

Lavender Rope Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Niphatidae (Family) > Niphates (Genus) > erecta (Species) 

Initial determination:

Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 

Occurrence:

Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

0 - 100 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, 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:

• 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
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-20 19:56:10 

Last edit:

2014-04-20 19:56:10 

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