Petrosia (Petrosia) pellasarca Sponge

Petrosia (Petrosia) pellasarca is commonly referred to as Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2789 

AphiaID:

166852 

Scientific:

Petrosia (Petrosia) pellasarca 

German:

Becherschwamm 

English:

Sponge 

Category:

Svampdjur 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Petrosiidae (Family) > Petrosia (Genus) > (Petrosia) pellasarca (Species) 

Initial determination:

(de Laubenfels, ), 1934 

Occurrence:

Belize, Cuba, Panama, the Caribbean, Venezuela 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

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:

• Petrosia alfiani
• Petrosia armata
• Petrosia australis
• Petrosia borealis
• Petrosia brachysclera
• Petrosia canariensis
• Petrosia capsa
• Petrosia clavata
• Petrosia coriacea
• Petrosia corticata
• Petrosia crassa
• Petrosia cretacea
• Petrosia crustata
• Petrosia davilai
• Petrosia dendyi
• Petrosia densissima
• Petrosia devoogdae
• Petrosia durissima
• Petrosia elephantotus
• Petrosia expansa
• Petrosia ficiformis
• Petrosia granifera
• Petrosia hartmani
• Petrosia hebes
• Petrosia hoeksemai
• Petrosia incrustata
• Petrosia intermedia
• Petrosia lignosa
• Petrosia mamillata
• Petrosia mammiformis
• Petrosia massiva
• Petrosia mauritiana
• Petrosia microxea
• Petrosia nigricans
• Petrosia pellasarca
• Petrosia pigmentosa
• Petrosia plana
• Petrosia pluricrustata
• Petrosia pulitzeri
• Petrosia pulvilla
• Petrosia puna
• Petrosia punctata
• Petrosia raphida
• Petrosia septata
• Petrosia seychellensis
• Petrosia shellyi
• Petrosia solida
• Petrosia solusstrongyla
• Petrosia spheroida
• Petrosia stoneae
• Petrosia strongylata
• Petrosia ushitsuensis
• Petrosia vansoesti
• Petrosia volcano
• Petrosia vulcaniensis
• Petrosia weinbergi
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Petrosia (Petrosia) ficiformis
  Feigenschwamm
• 
  Petrosia (Petrosia) pellasarca
  Becherschwamm
• 
  Petrosia (Petrosia) weinbergi
  Einbergs Schwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-04-11 15:37:01 

Last edit:

2024-08-21 11:12:15 

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