Raspaciona aculeata Mediterranean Sponge

Raspaciona aculeata is commonly referred to as Mediterranean Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6031 

AphiaID:

133139 

Scientific:

Raspaciona aculeata 

German:

Schwamm 

English:

Mediterranean Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Axinellida (Order) > Raspailiidae (Family) > Raspaciona (Genus) > aculeata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Johnston, ), 1842 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, France, Israel, Madeira, Northern Africa, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

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:

3 - 51 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Raspaciona aculeata
  Schwamm
• Raspaciona calva
• Raspaciona robusta

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-09 20:49:16 

Last edit:

2025-07-01 18:15:34 

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