Amphimedon viridis Green Sponge

Amphimedon viridis is commonly referred to as Green Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7445 

AphiaID:

166701 

Scientific:

Amphimedon viridis 

German:

Grüner Schwamm 

English:

Green Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Niphatidae (Family) > Amphimedon (Genus) > viridis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 

Occurrence:

Bermuda, Brazil, Central Atlantic, Columbia, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Micronesia, Panama, Red Sea, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, 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:

1 - 14 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Mangrove Zones, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.18" (3 cm) 

Temperature:

24,3 °F - 29,1 °F (24,3°C - 29,1°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:

• Amphimedon aculeata
• Amphimedon aitsuensis
• Amphimedon alata
• Amphimedon anomala
• Amphimedon brevispiculifera
• Amphimedon calyx
• Amphimedon caribica
• Amphimedon cellulosa
• Amphimedon chinensis
• Amphimedon chloros
• Amphimedon complanata
• Amphimedon compressa
• Amphimedon conferta
• Amphimedon cristata
• Amphimedon decurtata
• Amphimedon delicatula
• Amphimedon denhartogi
• Amphimedon dilatata
• Amphimedon dinae
• Amphimedon dura
• Amphimedon elastica
• Amphimedon erina
• Amphimedon estelae
• Amphimedon flexa
• Amphimedon hamadai
• Amphimedon hispidula
• Amphimedon jalae
• Amphimedon lamellata
• Amphimedon leprosa
• Amphimedon maresi
• Amphimedon massalis
• Amphimedon micropora
• Amphimedon minuta
• Amphimedon mollis
• Amphimedon nanaspiculata
• Amphimedon navalis
• Amphimedon ochracea
• Amphimedon paradisus
• Amphimedon paraviridis
• Amphimedon queenslandica
• Amphimedon reticulosa
• Amphimedon robusta
• Amphimedon rubens
• Amphimedon rubida
• Amphimedon rubiginosa
• Amphimedon rudis
• Amphimedon spiculosa
• Amphimedon spinosa
• Amphimedon strongylata
• Amphimedon subcylindrica
• Amphimedon sulcata
• Amphimedon tenera
• Amphimedon texotli
• 
  Amphimedon trindanea
  Trindas Hornschwamm
• 
  Amphimedon viridis
  Grüner Schwamm
• Amphimedon zamboangae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Amphimedon nodosa
  Aufrechter Seilschwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-08-16 18:55:33 

Last edit:

2026-02-18 11:12:24 

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