Myrmekioderma rea Sponge

Myrmekioderma reais commonly referred to as Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7517 

AphiaID:

166023 

Scientific:

Myrmekioderma rea 

German:

Schwamm 

English:

Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Axinellida (Order) > Heteroxyidae (Family) > Myrmekioderma (Genus) > rea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Laubenfels, ), 1934 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Belize, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, USA 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Myrmekioderma dendyi
• Myrmekioderma granulatum
• 
  Myrmekioderma gyroderma
  Schwamm
• Myrmekioderma intrastrongyla
• Myrmekioderma laminatum
• Myrmekioderma niveum
• Myrmekioderma pacificum
• 
  Myrmekioderma rea
  Schwamm
• Myrmekioderma spelaeum
• Myrmekioderma tuberculatum

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-09-10 19:14:09 

Last edit:

2014-09-10 19:14:09 

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