Xestospongia testudinaria Barrel Sponge

Xestospongia testudinaria is commonly referred to as Barrel Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2336 

AphiaID:

166902 

Scientific:

Xestospongia testudinaria 

German:

Vasenschwamm 

English:

Barrel Sponge 

Category:

Eponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Petrosiidae (Family) > Xestospongia (Genus) > testudinaria (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1815 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Banda Sea, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indo Pacific, Kenya, Madagascar, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, the Seychelles 

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:

2 - 55 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton 

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:

• Xestospongia arenosa
• Xestospongia bergquistia
• Xestospongia bocatorensis
• Xestospongia caminata
• Xestospongia clavata
• Xestospongia coralloides
• Xestospongia delaubenfelsi
• Xestospongia deweerdtae
• Xestospongia diprosopia
• Xestospongia dubia
• Xestospongia edapha
• Xestospongia emphasis
• Xestospongia friabilis
• Xestospongia grayi
• Xestospongia hispida
• Xestospongia informis
• Xestospongia kapne
• Xestospongia madidus
• Xestospongia mamillata
• Xestospongia menzeli
• 
  Xestospongia muta
  Karibischer Vasen-Schwamm
• Xestospongia novaezealandiae
• Xestospongia papuensis
• Xestospongia plana
• Xestospongia portoricensis
• Xestospongia purpurea
• Xestospongia rampa
• Xestospongia ridleyi
• 
  Xestospongia testudinaria
  Vasenschwamm
• Xestospongia tuberosa
• Xestospongia vansoesti
• Xestospongia variabilis
• Xestospongia viridenigra
• Xestospongia wiedenmayeri
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-07-28 20:17:26 

Last edit:

2024-09-06 20:42:48 

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