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Haliclona (Reniera) fascigera Large Tube Sponge

Haliclona (Reniera) fascigera is commonly referred to as Large Tube Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Haliclona fascigera,Karang Asem, ID-BA, ID 2010


Courtesy of the author Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
8417 
AphiaID:
166610 
Scientific:
Haliclona (Reniera) fascigera 
German:
Großer Röhrenschwamm 
English:
Large Tube Sponge 
Category:
Marine Sponges 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Chalinidae (Family) > Haliclona (Genus) > (Reniera) fascigera (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hentschel, ), 1912 
Occurrence:
Ambon, Bismarck Archipelago, Celebes Sea, East Africa, Egypt, Guam, Halmahera, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, Red Sea, Savu Sea, South-Pazific, Sulawesi, Sulu Sea , Tansania, Western Indian 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:
3 - 40 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
11.81" - 31.5" (30cm - 80cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 26,9 °F (°C - 26,9°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Copepods, Filter feeder, Invertebrates, Microalgae , omnivore, Phytoplankton, Protozoa, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Haliclona abbreviata
  • Haliclona acoroides
  • Haliclona agglutinata
  • Haliclona alba
  • Haliclona albifragilis
  • Haliclona algicola
  • Haliclona altera
  • Haliclona alusiana
  • Haliclona amboinensis
  • Haliclona ambrosia
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-06-19 13:39:37 

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Haliclona (Reniera) fascigera (Hentschel, 1912)

Synonymised names
Kallypilidion fascigera (Hentschel, 1912) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Kallypilidion poseidon de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Siphonochalina fascigera Hentschel, 1912 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

External links

  1. nomadica.jimdofree (fr). Abgerufen am 04.10.2025.
  2. sealifebase.org (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 04.10.2025.
  3. Sous Les Mers (en). Abgerufen am 04.10.2025.
  4. unterwasser-welt-rotesmeer (de). Abgerufen am 04.10.2025.

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Haliclona fascigera,Karang Asem, ID-BA, ID 2010
wakatobi 13 IMG_5314a Large Tube Sponges, Haliclona fascigera, Teluk Waitii, Indonesia 2013
wakatobi 13 IMG_5216a Large Tube Sponge, Haliclona fascigera, Indonesia, Wakatobi 2013

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