Didiscus oxeatus Marine Sponge

Didiscus oxeatus is commonly referred to as Marine Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Didiscus oxeatus
German:: Meeresschwamm
English:: Marine Sponge

Category:: Marine Sponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Axinellida (Order) > Raspailiidae (Family) > Didiscus (Genus) > oxeatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Hechtel, 1983

Occurrence:: Bonaire, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Florida, Greater Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 20 - 60 Meter
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 23,3 °F (°C - 23,3°C)
Food:: Copepods, Filter feeder, Invertebrates, omnivore, Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Didiscus aceratus
Didiscus anisodiscus
Didiscus gladius
Didiscus oxeata
Didiscus placospongioides
Didiscus pseudodidiscoides
Didiscus spinoxeatus
Didiscus stylifer
Didiscus verdensis

More related species in this lexicon:

Didiscus oxeatus
Meeresschwamm

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-06-01 22:16:12
Last edit:: 2023-06-02 19:49:24

Info

Unfortunately, we could not find any information about the size of the sponge during our research, all first descriptions of the synonyms listed below have "omitted" any information.

Didiscus oxeatus is a massive to crustose sponge, brown-reddish to orange on the outside, completely orange on the inside.
The sponge has a highly ornamented surface consisting of variously shaped plates and worm-like grooves.
The few visible oscula all have an orange membrane.

Similar species:
Myrmekioderma gyroderma and Myrmekioderma rea are externally very similar to Didiscus oxeatus; distinguishing their microscleres allows them to be distinguished.

Synonyms:
Didiscus flavus van Soest, 1984
Didiscus habanensis Alcolado, 1984
Didiscus oxeata Hechtel, 1983

External links

An annotated and illustrated identification guide to common mesophotic reef sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, and Homoscleromorpha) inhabiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and vicinities (en). Abgerufen am 01.06.2023.
Erstbeschreibung als Didiscus oxeata Seite 76 -78 (en). Abgerufen am 01.06.2023.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 01.06.2023.
The Sponge Guide (en). Abgerufen am 01.06.2023.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 01.06.2023.

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