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Heteropia minor Sea Bagpipe

Heteropia minor is commonly referred to as Sea Bagpipe. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Heteropia minor,sea bagpipe,Southern Leyte, Philippines 2023


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lexID:
15884 
AphiaID:
845905 
Scientific:
Heteropia minor 
German:
Meeres-Dudelsack 
English:
Sea Bagpipe 
Category:
Svampdjur 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Heteropiidae (Family) > Heteropia (Genus) > minor (Species) 
Initial determination:
Burton, 1930 
Occurrence:
Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Philippines 
Sea depth:
- 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Ocean beach, Seashore 
Size:
0.39" - 3.15" (1cm - 8cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-09-17 19:24:49 

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Heteropia minor Burton, 1930

The genus Heteropia currently includes only 6 scientifically described species.

Heteropia minor does not resemble the typical image of a sponge in any way. You could mistake this sponge for a sea squirt. Due to its special shape, the sponge is colloquially referred to as "sea bagpipes".

The sponge is a filter feeder.

Synonymised names:
Heteropia striata var. minor Burton, 1930 · unaccepted (rank elevation)

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