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Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata Mermaid's glove

Haliclona (Haliclona) oculatais commonly referred to as Mermaid's glove. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6529 
AphiaID:
132833 
Scientific:
Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata 
German:
Geweihschwamm, Meerjungfraus-Handschuh 
English:
Mermaid's Glove 
Category:
Marine Sponges 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Chalinidae (Family) > Haliclona (Genus) > (Haliclona) oculata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1759 
Occurrence:
Davis Strait, Gulf of St. Lawrence, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Belgium, Canada , Danmark, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Germany, Ireland, Kara Sea , Labrador Península, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Portugal, Scandinavia, Scotland, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, Sweden, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), White Sea 
Sea depth:
4 - 150 Meter 
Size:
11.81" - 17.72" (30cm - 45cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, 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:
  • Haliclona abbreviata
  • Haliclona acoroides
  • Haliclona agglutinata
  • Haliclona alba
  • Haliclona albifragilis
  • Haliclona algicola
  • Haliclona altera
  • Haliclona alusiana
  • Haliclona amboinensis
  • Haliclona ambrosia
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-01-03 09:15:55 

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Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata (Linnaeus, 1759)

Colour: pale brown, but can also be yellowish, greenish, rose and purple.

Synonyms:
Axinella oculata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Axinella oculata var. tavaresi Bethencourt-Ferreira, 1923
Chalina arbuscula Verrill, 1873
Chalina cervicornis (Pallas, 1766)
Chalina grantii Bowerbank, 1866
Chalina oculata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Diplodemia vesicula Bowerbank, 1864
Halichondria cervicornis Johnston, 1842
Halichondria oculata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Haliclona oculata (Linnaeus, 1759)
Isodictya grantii (Bowerbank, 1866)
Isodictya pygmaea Bowerbank, 1866
Siphocalina oculata
Spongia cespitosa Rafinesque, 1818
Spongia coalita Müller, 1776
Spongia lanuginosa Esper, 1794
Spongia oculata sensu Pallas, 1766
Spongia oculata Linnaeus, 1759
Spongia palmata sensu Lamarck, 1814
Veluspa gracilis Miklucho-Maclay, 1870
Veluspa polymorpha Miklucho-Maclay, 1870

External links

  1. A systematic revision of the North-Eastern Atlantic shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) Part II: Chalinidae (en). Abgerufen am 03.01.2023.
  2. MarLIN (en). Abgerufen am 03.01.2023.
  3. State of Deep‐Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the Northeast United States (en). Abgerufen am 03.01.2023.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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