Verongula spp. Orange cup sponge

Verongula spp. is commonly referred to as Orange cup sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12841 

AphiaID:

0 

Scientific:

Verongula spp. 

German:

Vasen-Schwamm 

English:

Orange Cup Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Verongula (Genus) > spp. (Species) 

Occurrence:

South-Africa 

Sea depth:

7 - 30 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

51.8 °F - 64.4 °F (11°C - 18°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Verongula gigantea
  Schwamm
• 
  Verongula reiswigi
  Vasenschwamm
• 
  Verongula rigida
  Schwamm

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Verongula spp.
  Vasen-Schwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-03-04 14:44:35 

Last edit:

2020-08-14 19:39:36 

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