Ircinia felix Red Boring Sponge, Stinker Sponge

Ircinia felixis commonly referred to as Red Boring Sponge, Stinker Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Stinker Sponge (Eleuthera) 2019

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lexID:: 7253
AphiaID:: 165020

Scientific:: Ircinia felix
German:: Oranger Bohrschwamm, Stink-Schwamm
English:: Red Boring Sponge, Stinker Sponge

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Ircinia (Genus) > felix (Species)
Initial determination:: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, ), 1864

Occurrence:: Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 1 - 100 Meter
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 95 °F (22°C - 35°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Ircinia akaroa
Ircinia anomala
Ircinia arbuscula
Ircinia aruensis
Ircinia arundinacea
Ircinia atrovirens
Ircinia aucklandensis
Ircinia cactiformis
Ircinia cactus
Ircinia caliculata
Ircinia campana
Vasenschwamm, Trichterschwamm
Ircinia chevreuxi
Ircinia clavata
Ircinia collectrix
Ircinia condensa
Ircinia conulosa
Ircinia cuspidata
Ircinia cylindracea
Ircinia dendroides
Ircinia dickinsoni
Ircinia digitata
Ircinia echinata
Ircinia ectofibrosa
Ircinia favosa
Ircinia felix
Oranger Bohrschwamm, Stink-Schwamm
Ircinia filamentosa
Ircinia fistulosa
Ircinia flagelliformis
Ircinia friabilis
Ircinia fusca
Ircinia hummelincki
Ircinia intertexta
Ircinia irregularis
Ircinia lendenfeldi
Ircinia marginalis
Ircinia microconulosa
Ircinia mutans
Ircinia novaezealandiae
Ircinia oligoceras
Ircinia oros
Lederschwamm
Ircinia pauciarenaria
Ircinia paucifilamentosa
Ircinia paupera
Ircinia pellita
Ircinia pilosa
Ircinia pinna
Ircinia procumbens
Ircinia ramodigitata
Ircinia ramosa
Ircinia rectilinea
Ircinia repens
Ircinia reteplana
Ircinia retidermata
Ircinia rubra
Ircinia schulzei
Ircinia selaginea
Ircinia sergipana
Ircinia solida
Ircinia spiculosa
Ircinia stipitata
Ircinia strobilina
Grauer Ballschamm, Schwarzer Ballschwamm
Ircinia subaspera
Ircinia tintinnabula
Ircinia tristis
Ircinia truncata
Ircinia tuberosa
Ircinia turrita
Ircinia undulans
Ircinia vallata
Ircinia variabilis
Krustenlederschwamm, Stinkerschwamm
Ircinia vestibulata
Ircinia wistarii

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-06-24 14:41:08
Last edit:: 2023-03-15 16:41:46

Info

Ircinia felix (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

When this sponge is taken out of the water it has an unpleasant odor which gave Ircinia its common name of stinker sponge.

Corlor: grayish or brown
Size: 25cm in tall

Synonyms:
Hircinia armata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Hircinia armata var. fistularis Verrill, 1907
Hircinia filamenta Hyatt, 1877
Hircinia fistularis Verrill, 1907
Hircinia nigra Hyatt, 1877
Hircinia variabilis sensu De Laubenfels, 1936
Ircinia felix f. acuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Ircinia felix f. felix Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Ircinia felix f. fistularis (Verrill, 1907)
Ircinia fistularis (Verrill, 1907)
Polytherses acuta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Polytherses armata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Polytherses columnaris Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Polytherses felix Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Scientific paper

Marine organisms as source of extracts to disrupt bacterial communication: bioguided isolation and identification of quorum sensing inhibitors from Ircinia felix, Quintana, Jairo; Brango-Vanegas, José; M. Costa, Geison; Castellanos, Leonardo; Arévalo, Catalina; Duque, Carmenza , 2015
Trace metals in the sponge Ircinia felix and sediments from north‐western Trinidad, West Indies, Nelson, Wendy; Slinger‐Cohen, Naomi , 2014
Chemical defenses, nutritional quality, and structural components in three sponge species:Ircinia felix, I. campana, andAplysina fulva, Christopher J. Freeman; Daniel F. Gleason, 2010
Vertical Transmission of a Phylogenetically Complex Microbial Consortium in the Viviparous Sponge Ircinia felix, Schmitt, S.; Weisz, J. B.; Lindquist, N.; Hentschel, U. , 2007
Exudation of low molecular weight compounds (thiobismethane, methyl isocyanide, and methyl isothiocyanate) as a possible chemical defense mechanism in the marine sponge Ircinia felix, Carmenza Duque; Adriana Bonilla; Edgar Bautista; Sven Zea, 2001
Novel fatty acid esters of (7E, 12E, 18R, 20Z)-variabilin from the marine spongeIrcinia felix, Alejandro Martínez; Carmenza Duque; Yoshinori Fujimoto, 1997
(18 R )-Variabilin from the Sponge Ircinia felix, Martinez, Alejandro; Duque, Carmenza; Sato, Naoko; Tanaka, Reiko; Fujimoto, Yoshinori , 1995
Variabilin 11-Methyloctadecanoate, A Branched-Chain Fatty Acid Ester of Furanosesterterpene Tetronic Acid, from the Sponge Ircinia Felix, Martinez, Alejandro; Duque, Carmenza; Hara, Noriyuki; Fujimoto, Yoshinori , 1995

External links

Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Invertebrates of Bermuda (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Ircinia felix, Stinker Sponge,Exumas, Bahamas, Bahamas 2023

Foto: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Golf von Mexiko

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