Chondrilla nucula Leather Sponge, Chicken Liver Sponge

Chondrilla nucula is commonly referred to as Leather Sponge, Chicken Liver Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: moyen. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Chondrilla nucula
German:: Glänzender Lederschwamm
English:: Leather Sponge, Chicken Liver Sponge

Category:: Eponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Chondrillida (Order) > Chondrillidae (Family) > Chondrilla (Genus) > nucula (Species)
Initial determination:: Schmidt, 1862

Occurrence:: Belize, Brazil, Cuba, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), Red Sea, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, 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:: 3 - 20 Meter
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: 24,5 °F - 28,2 °F (24,5°C - 28,2°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: moyen
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Chondrilla acanthastra
Chondrilla acantholepis
Chondrilla ambigua
Chondrilla aspera
Chondrilla australiensis
Chondrilla bosseana
Chondrilla brevirostris
Chondrilla canescens
Chondrilla caribensis
Chondrilla chondrilloides
Chondrilla euastra
Chondrilla evae
Chondrilla gibbirostris
Chondrilla graminea
Chondrilla grandistellata
Chondrilla jinensis
Chondrilla juncea
Chondrilla kilakaria
Chondrilla kusnezovii
Chondrilla laticoronata
Chondrilla latifolia
Chondrilla leiosperma
Chondrilla linnaei
Chondrilla macra
Chondrilla macrocarpa
Chondrilla maracandica
Chondrilla mariae
Chondrilla mixta
Chondrilla montanusa
Chondrilla mujunkumensis
Chondrilla nucula
Glänzender Lederschwamm
Chondrilla ornata
Chondrilla oxyastera
Chondrilla pacifica
Chondrilla pauciflora
Chondrilla phaeocephala
Chondrilla piptocoma
Chondrilla ramosissima
Chondrilla rouillieri
Chondrilla sacciformis
Chondrilla secunda
Chondrilla setulosa
Chondrilla spinosa
Chondrilla tenuiramosa
Chondrilla urumoffii
Chondrilla verrucosa
Chondrilla yosii

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-06-09 11:15:44
Last edit:: 2020-10-07 15:18:22

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Chondrilla nucula is a sea sponge belonging to the Phylum Porifera. While it is highly toxic to fish, it is known to be preyed upon by the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata.

Synonym: Chondrilla embolophora Schmidt, 1862

External links

A standardised experimental setup for simulating ocean warming and acidification in benthic marine invertebrates (en). Abgerufen am 10.02.2026.
NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (en). Abgerufen am 07.10.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.10.2020.

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