Hyrtios cavernosus Sponge

Hyrtios cavernosus is commonly referred to as Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7266 

AphiaID:

165346 

Scientific:

Hyrtios cavernosus 

German:

Schwamm 

English:

Sponge 

Category:

Svampdjur 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Thorectidae (Family) > Hyrtios (Genus) > cavernosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, ), 1976 

Occurrence:

Belize, Florida, The Bahamas, the Netherlands Antilles 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Hyrtios altus
• Hyrtios arenosus
• Hyrtios caracasensis
• 
  Hyrtios cavernosus
  Schwamm
• Hyrtios collectrix
• Hyrtios communis
• Hyrtios digitatus
• Hyrtios elegans
• 
  Hyrtios erectus
  Hornkieselschwamm
• Hyrtios proteus
• Hyrtios pulcher
• Hyrtios reticulatus
• Hyrtios sororia
• Hyrtios spinifer
• Hyrtios vinciguerrae
• Hyrtios violaceus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-06-27 19:23:55 

Last edit:

2020-01-21 22:31:18 

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