Monanchora arbuscula Pink Lumpy sponge

Monanchora arbuscula is commonly referred to as Pink Lumpy sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6717 

AphiaID:

169016 

Scientific:

Monanchora arbuscula 

German:

Schwamm 

English:

Pink Lumpy Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Crambeidae (Family) > Monanchora (Genus) > arbuscula (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, ), 1864 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Curacao, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

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:

2 - 58 Meter 

Habitats:

associated with with coral skeletons, Brackish water, Epibiont (living on other organisms), Mangrove Zones, Reef-associated, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 31.5" (80 cm) 

Temperature:

23,6 °F - 82.4 °F (23,6°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Monanchora alaskensis
• 
  Monanchora arbuscula
  Schwamm
• Monanchora brasiliensis
• 
  Monanchora clathrata
  Demospongia
• Monanchora dianchora
• Monanchora enigmatica
• Monanchora laevissima
• Monanchora laminachela
• Monanchora lipochela
• Monanchora pulchra
• Monanchora quadrangulata
• Monanchora stocki
• Monanchora unguiculata
• Monanchora viridis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-06 19:26:41 

Last edit:

2024-09-25 19:21:12 

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