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Pleraplysilla spinifera White spiny sponge

Pleraplysilla spinifera is commonly referred to as White spiny sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Foto: Adria, Mittelmeer


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lexID:
13769 
AphiaID:
132317 
Scientific:
Pleraplysilla spinifera 
German:
Weißer Stachelschwamm 
English:
White Spiny Sponge 
Category:
Marine Sponges 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Dysideidae (Family) > Pleraplysilla (Genus) > spinifera (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Schulze, ), 1879 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Balearic Islands, Bay of Biscay, Croatia, East-Atlantic Ocean, English Channel, France, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Italy, Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean), Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), Turkey, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) 
Sea depth:
1 - 500 Meter 
Size:
up to 7.87" (20 cm) 
Temperature:
53.6 °F - 77 °F (12°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Suspension feeder 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-04-05 16:56:04 

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Synonyms:
Pleraplysilla minchini Topsent, 1905
Spongelia spinifera Schulze, 1879

External links

  1. An overview of the Mediterranean cave-dwelling horny sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.
  2. Contribution to the Knowledge of Keratose Sponges. (Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida, Verongida: Demospongiae, Porifera) of the Aegean Sea (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.
  3. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.
  4. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.
  5. Sponge inventory of the French Mediterranean waters, with an emphasis on cave-dwelling species (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.
  6. Updated checklist of sponges (Porifera) along the coasts of Turkey (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 05.04.2021.

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Foto: Adria, Mittelmeer

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