Lamellodysidea herbacea Silvery Blue Sponge

Lamellodysidea herbacea is commonly referred to as Silvery Blue Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17643 

AphiaID:

0 

Scientific:

Lamellodysidea herbacea 

German:

Silberblauer Blatt-Schwamm 

English:

Silvery Blue Sponge 

Category:

Eponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Dysideidae (Family) > Lamellodysidea (Genus) > herbacea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Keller, ), 1889 

Occurrence:

Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, India, Marschall Islands, Red Sea, Singapore, South-Africa 

Sea depth:

0 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Coralline soils, coral quarry, Lagoons, Pinnacles, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

24,3 °F - 28,9 °F (24,3°C - 28,9°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, No reliable information available, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Lamellodysidea chlorea
  Hornschwamm
• 
  Lamellodysidea herbacea
  Silberblauer Blatt-Schwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-08-07 20:48:49 

Last edit:

2025-08-07 21:00:07 

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