Phorbas amaranthus Phorbas amaranthus

Phorbas amaranthus is commonly referred to as Phorbas amaranthus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6713 

AphiaID:

169306 

Scientific:

Phorbas amaranthus 

German:

Krustenschwamm 

English:

Phorbas Amaranthus 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Hymedesmiidae (Family) > Phorbas (Genus) > amaranthus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 

Occurrence:

Belize, Florida, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Phorbas acanthochela
• 
  Phorbas amaranthus
  Krustenschwamm
• Phorbas arborescens
• Phorbas arbuscula
• Phorbas areolatus
• Phorbas armatus
• Phorbas aurantiacus
• Phorbas baffini
• Phorbas bardajii
• Phorbas benguelensis
• Phorbas bergmontae
• Phorbas bihamiger
• Phorbas burtoni
• Phorbas caespitosus
• Phorbas californiana
• Phorbas capixaba
• Phorbas clathratus
• Phorbas clathrodes
• Phorbas claviger
• Phorbas dayi
• Phorbas demonstrans
• Phorbas dendyi
• Phorbas dives
• Phorbas domini
• Phorbas epizoaria
• Phorbas equiosculatus
• Phorbas erectus
• Phorbas ferrerhernandezi
• Phorbas ferrugineus
• Phorbas fibrosus
• Phorbas fibulatus
• Phorbas fictitioides
• 
  Phorbas fictitius
  Krustenschwamm, Blutkraterschwamm
• Phorbas frutex
• Phorbas fulvus
• Phorbas fusifer
• Phorbas glaberrimus
• Phorbas gravidus
• Phorbas gukhulensis
• Phorbas hechteli
• Phorbas hoffmani
• Phorbas intermedia
• Phorbas kovdaicum
• Phorbas lamellatus
• Phorbas lieberkuehni
• Phorbas longurioides
• Phorbas megasigma
• Phorbas mercator
• Phorbas microchelifer
• Phorbas mollis
• Phorbas nexus
• Phorbas osculosus
• Phorbas palmatus
• Phorbas papillatus
• Phorbas papillosa
• Phorbas paucistylifer
• Phorbas perarmatus
• Phorbas plumosus
• Phorbas posidoni
• Phorbas punctatus
• Phorbas purpureus
• Phorbas pustulosus
• Phorbas ramosus
• Phorbas reginae
• Phorbas repens
• Phorbas roemeri
• Phorbas roxasi
• Phorbas salebrosus
• Phorbas scabida
• Phorbas shackletoni
• Phorbas stylifer
• Phorbas tailliezi
• Phorbas tanitai
• 
  Phorbas tenacior
  Schwamm
• Phorbas tenuis
• Phorbas tenuispiculatus
• Phorbas thela
• Phorbas tokushima
• Phorbas topsenti
• Phorbas uncifer
• Phorbas viecquensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-06 18:12:10 

Last edit:

2014-02-06 18:12:10 

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