Spondylus senegalensis Senegal Thorny Oysters

Spondylus senegalensis is commonly referred to as Senegal Thorny Oysters. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17844 

AphiaID:

141551 

Scientific:

Spondylus senegalensis 

German:

Senegalesische Stachelauster 

English:

Senegal Thorny Oysters 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Pectinida (Order) > Spondylidae (Family) > Spondylus (Genus) > senegalensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Schreibers, 1793 

Occurrence:

Angola, Azores, Congo, European Coasts, Gabon, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

14,0 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Spondylus americanus
  Amerikanische Stachelauster
• Spondylus anacanthus
• Spondylus asiaticus
• Spondylus asperrimus
• Spondylus avramsingeri
• Spondylus butleri
• Spondylus candidus
• Spondylus clarksoni
• Spondylus concavus
• Spondylus crassisquama
• Spondylus croceus
• Spondylus darwini
• Spondylus deforgesi
• Spondylus depressus
• Spondylus eastae
• Spondylus echinatus
• Spondylus erectospinosus
• Spondylus exiguus
• Spondylus exilis
• Spondylus fauroti
• Spondylus foliaceus
• 
  Spondylus gaederopus
  Lazarusklapper
• Spondylus gloriandus
• Spondylus gloriosus
• Spondylus gravis
• Spondylus groschi
• Spondylus gussonii
• Spondylus heidkeae
• Spondylus imperialis
• Spondylus lamarckii
• Spondylus layardi
• Spondylus leucacanthus
• Spondylus limbatus
• 
  Spondylus linguafelis
  Stachelauster
• Spondylus maestratii
• Spondylus mimus
• Spondylus morrisoni
• Spondylus multimuricatus
• Spondylus multisetosus
• Spondylus nicobaricus
• Spondylus occidens
• Spondylus ocellatus
• Spondylus orstomi
• Spondylus ostreoides
• Spondylus pratii
• Spondylus proneri
• Spondylus raoulensis
• Spondylus reesianus
• Spondylus regius
• Spondylus rippingalei
• Spondylus rubicundus
• 
  Spondylus senegalensis
  Senegalesische Stachelauster
• Spondylus sinensis
• Spondylus spinosus
• Spondylus squamosus
• Spondylus tenellus
• Spondylus tenuis
• Spondylus tenuispinosus
• Spondylus tenuitas
• Spondylus variegatus
• 
  Spondylus varius
  Große Variable Stachelauster
• 
  Spondylus versicolor
  Goldene Stachelauster
• Spondylus victoriae
• Spondylus violacescens
• Spondylus virgineus
• Spondylus visayensis
• Spondylus zonalis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Spondylus sp. 01
  Stachelauster
• 
  Spondylus sp. 02
  Stachelauster

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-11-02 13:25:51 

Last edit:

2025-11-02 13:35:14 

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