Hyrtios erectus Demosponge

Hyrtios erectusis commonly referred to as Demosponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6276 

AphiaID:

165350 

Scientific:

Hyrtios erectus 

German:

Hornkieselschwamm 

English:

Demosponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Thorectidae (Family) > Hyrtios (Genus) > erectus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Keller, ), 1889 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Arabian Sea, Arafura Sea, Australia, Banda Sea, Bismarck Archipelago, Celebes Sea, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, European Coasts, Flores, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laccadive Sea, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Micronesia, Northern Territory (Australia), Palau, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South China Sea, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Thailand, the British Isles, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Western Indian Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 100 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, omnivore, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

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:

• Hyrtios altus
• Hyrtios arenosus
• Hyrtios caracasensis
• 
  Hyrtios cavernosus
  Schwamm
• Hyrtios collectrix
• Hyrtios communis
• Hyrtios digitatus
• Hyrtios elegans
• 
  Hyrtios erectus
  Hornkieselschwamm
• Hyrtios proteus
• Hyrtios pulcher
• Hyrtios reticulatus
• Hyrtios sororia
• Hyrtios spinifer
• Hyrtios vinciguerrae
• Hyrtios violaceus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-10-25 14:45:40 

Last edit:

2020-09-12 08:02:03 

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