Sycon raphanus pineapple sponge

Sycon raphanus is commonly referred to as pineapple sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 7233
AphiaID:: 132257

Scientific:: Sycon raphanus
German:: Kronenkalkschwamm
English:: Pineapple Sponge

Category:: Eponges

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Sycettidae (Family) > Sycon (Genus) > raphanus (Species)
Initial determination:: Schmidt, 1862

Occurrence:: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Antarctica, Australia, Azores, Indian Ocean, Japan, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, Red Sea, Skagerrak (North Sea), South Atlantic, South-Pazific, Sri Lanka, the British Isles, The Gulf of Guinea, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 0 - 0,817 Meter
Size:: up to 3.15" (8 cm)
Temperature:: 41 °F - 77 °F (5°C - 25°C)
Food:: Filter feeder
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Sycon abyssale
Sycon acanthoxea
Sycon album
Sycon ampulla
Sycon ancora
Sycon antarcticum
Sycon arcticum
Sycon asperum
Sycon australe
Sycon barbadense
Sycon boreale
Sycon brasiliense
Sycon calcaravis
Sycon caminatum
Sycon capricorn
Sycon carteri
Sycon ciliatum
Wimpernkalkschwamm, Kronenkalkschwamm
Sycon coactum
Sycon compactum
Sycon cylindricum
Sycon defendens
Sycon digitiforme
Sycon dunstervillia
Sycon eglintonense
Sycon elegans
Sycon ensiferum
Sycon escanabense
Sycon faulkneri
Sycon formosum
Sycon frustulosum
Sycon gelatinosum
Sycon giganteum
Sycon globulatum
Sycon grantioides
Sycon helleri
Sycon hozawai
Sycon huinayense
Sycon humboldti
Sycon inconspicuum
Sycon incrustans
Sycon karajakense
Sycon kerguelense
Sycon lambei
Sycon lendenfeldi
Sycon lingua
Sycon lunulatum
Sycon luteolum
Sycon matsushimense
Sycon mexico
Sycon minutum
Sycon misakiense
Sycon mundulum
Sycon munitum
Sycon natalense
Sycon okadai
Sycon ornatum
Sycon parvulum
Sycon pedicellatum
Sycon pentactinale
Sycon plumosum
Sycon proboscideum
Sycon protectum
Sycon pulchrum
Sycon quadrangulatum
Sycon ramsayi
Sycon raphanus
Kronenkalkschwamm
Sycon rotundum
Sycon satsumense
Sycon scaldiense
Kronen Kalkschwamm
Sycon schmidti
Sycon schuffneri
Sycon setosum
Sycon simushirense
Sycon stauriferum
Sycon subhispidum
Sycon sycandra
Sycon tabulatum
Sycon tuba
Sycon urugamii
Sycon verum
Sycon vigilans
Sycon villosum
Sycon yatsui

More related species in this lexicon:

Sycon sp.01
Wimper- oder Kronenkalkschwamm

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-06-16 19:40:20
Last edit:: 2020-04-03 21:49:18

Info

Sycon raphanus Schmidt, 1862

This calcareous sponge is oval or globular with a a hairy or hispid surface. The colour is white, grey or yellow.This sponge grows up to 8 cm in lenght.Sycon raphanus lives in caves,among weeds, under stones and vertical cliffs at dephts to 70 m.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcaronea (Subclass) >Leucosolenida (Order) > Sycettidae (Family) > Sycon (Genus)

External links

Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Sycon raphanus Copyright Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Bild aus der Adria

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