Hemimycale columella Crater sponge

Hemimycale columella is commonly referred to as Crater sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6052 

AphiaID:

133543 

Scientific:

Hemimycale columella 

German:

Kraterschwamm 

English:

Crater Sponge 

Category:

Svampdjur 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Hymedesmiidae (Family) > Hemimycale (Genus) > columella (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bowerbank, ), 1874 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land. 

Sea depth:

12 - 80 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 11.81" (10cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Hemimycale arabica
  Arabischer Kraterschwamm, Rotmeer-Schwamm, Blauer Kraterschwamm
• 
  Hemimycale columella
  Kraterschwamm
• Hemimycale insularis
• Hemimycale rhodus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-14 23:10:23 

Last edit:

2025-10-29 19:14:02 

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