Cribrochalina vasculum tube sponge

Cribrochalina vasculum is commonly referred to as tube sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5841 

AphiaID:

166708 

Scientific:

Cribrochalina vasculum 

German:

Vasenschwamm 

English:

Tube Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Niphatidae (Family) > Cribrochalina (Genus) > vasculum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1814 

Occurrence:

Bermuda, Florida, Greater Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cribrochalina brassicata
• Cribrochalina compressa
• Cribrochalina dendyi
• Cribrochalina dura
• Cribrochalina punctata
• 
  Cribrochalina vasculum
  Vasenschwamm
• Cribrochalina vasiformis
• Cribrochalina zingiberis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-06 12:41:21 

Last edit:

2022-11-18 19:26:38 

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