Tethya aurantium Golf ball sponge

Tethya aurantiumis commonly referred to as Golf ball sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 134311

Scientific:: Tethya aurantium
German:: Meerorange
English:: Golf Ball Sponge

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Tethyida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Tethya (Genus) > aurantium (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pallas, ), 1766

Occurrence:: Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Bay of Biscay, Corea, East Africa, European Coasts, Israel, Myanmar, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Senegal, South-Pazific, Spain, Tasman Sea, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa
Sea depth:: 0 - 58 Meter
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 59 °F (10°C - 15°C)
Food:: Detritus, Filter feeder, omnivore, Phytoplankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Tethya actinia
Tethya acuta
Tethya amplexa
Tethya andamanensis
Tethya asbestella
Tethya aurantium
Meerorange
Tethya beatrizae
Tethya bergquistae
Pink Golfball-Schwamm
Tethya boeroi
Tethya brasiliana
Tethya bullae
Tethya burtoni
Oranger Golfball-Schwamm
Tethya californiana
Oranger Golfball-Schwamm
Tethya citrina
Zitronen Schwamm
Tethya coccinea
Tethya communis
Tethya comorensis
Tethya compacta
Tethya cyanae
Tethya deformis
Tethya dendyi
Tethya densa
Tethya diploderma
Tethya ensis
Tethya expansa
Tethya fastigata
Tethya fissurata
Tethya flexuosa
Tethya gigantea
Tethya globostellata
Tethya globum
Tethya gracilis
Wandernder Schwamm
Tethya gunni
Tethya hibernica
Tethya hooperi
Tethya ignis
Tethya ingalli
Tethya irregularis
Tethya japonica
Tethya laevis
Tethya levii
Tethya magna
Tethya maza
Tethya melinka
Tethya meloni
Tethya mexicana
Tethya microstella
Tethya minuta
Tethya monstrosa
Tethya mortoni
Tethya multifida
Tethya multistella
Tethya nicolae
Tethya norvegica
Tethya novaecaledoniae
Tethya nux
Tethya omanensis
Tethya ornata
Tethya orphei
Tethya ovum
Tethya papillosa
Tethya paroxeata
Tethya parvistella
Tethya parvula
Tethya pellis
Tethya peracuta
Tethya popae
Tethya pulchra
Tethya pulitzeri
Tethya robusta
Tethya rubra
Tethya sarai
Tethya seychellensis
Tethya simi
Tethya socius
Tethya solangae
Tethya sollasi
Tethya songakensis
Tethya stellagrandis
Tethya stellodermis
Tethya stolonifera
Tethya strongylata
Tethya taboga
Tethya tasmaniae
Tethya tenuisclera
Tethya topsenti
Tethya uljinensis
Tethya vacua
Tethya varians
Tethya viridis
Tethya wilhelma

More related species in this lexicon:

Tethya sp. 01
Schwamm

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-06-15 21:48:36
Last edit:: 2020-04-03 21:46:44

Info

Alcyonium aurantium Pallas, 1766
Alcyonium lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767
Amniscos morum (Schmidt, 1862)
Donatia lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767)
Tethea lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767)
Tethya aurantia (Pallas, 1766)
Tethya limski Müller & Zahn, 1968
Tethya lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767)
Tethya lyncurium contorta Schmidt, 1862
Tethya lyncurium nodulosa Schmidt, 1862
Tethya morum Schmidt, 1862
Tethyum lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Tethya (Genus)

Scientific paper

A novel endoribonuclease from the marine sponge Tethya aurantium specific to 2′,5′-phosphodiester bonds, Annika Lopp; Tõnu Reintamm; Anne Kuusksalu; Salvatore de Rosa; Merike Kelve, 2012
Phylogenetic Identification of Fungi Isolated from the Marine Sponge Tethya aurantium and Identification of Their Secondary Metabolites, Wiese, Jutta; Ohlendorf, Birgit; Blümel, Martina; Schmaljohann, Rolf; Imhoff, Johannes F. , 2011
Deoxyribonucleases (DNases) in the cortex and endosome from the marine spongeTethya aurantium, M. Fafanđel; S. Ravlić; M. Smodlaka; N. Bihari, 2010
Investigation of the budding process inTethya citrinaandTethya aurantium(Porifera, Demospongiae), Elda Gaino; Lidia Scalera Liaci; Margherita Sciscioli; Giuseppe Corriero, 2006
The multidrug resistance-like mechanism in the marine sponge Tethya aurantium, Branko Kurelec; Branka Pivčević, 1992

External links

Diver.net Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Orange Puffball Sponge(Tethya aurantia),Santa Cruz Island,May 28-30, 2005

Copyright Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Bild aus der Adria

Husbandry know-how of owners

morrygan
@morrygan

am 08.03.18#1

Dieser auffällige Schwamm sitzt nun schon seit fast einem Jahr unter einem Steinvorsprung in der Mittellichtzone, direkt unterhalb einer großen Kolonie Xenien. Er bekommt mäßig Strömung. Ich gebe täglich flüssiges Korallenfutter (Spurenelemente, Mineralien, Nährstoffe) von Fauna marin und zweimal pro Woche Staubfutter.

Zum Schwierigkeitsgrad kann ich wenig sagen. Er ist halt da und fühlt sich offenbar wohl.

Wie er jedoch ins Becken kam, ist mir ein Rätsel.

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