Pericharax heteroraphis Calcareous Sponges

Pericharax heteroraphis is commonly referred to as Calcareous Sponges. 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:

10204 

AphiaID:

164768 

Scientific:

Pericharax heteroraphis 

German:

Kalkschwamm 

English:

Calcareous Sponges 

Category:

Gąbki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Clathrinida (Order) > Leucettidae (Family) > Pericharax (Genus) > heteroraphis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Poléjaeff, 1883 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bunaken, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Philippines, Sulawesi 

Sea depth:

1 - 20 Meter 

Size:

up to 59.06" (150 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Phytoplankton, Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pericharax canaliculata
• Pericharax carteri
• 
  Pericharax heteroraphis
  Kalkschwamm
• Pericharax orientalis
• Pericharax peziza
• Pericharax pyriformis

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pericharax sp.01
  Blasenschwamm, Kalkschwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-11-27 09:20:00 

Last edit:

2019-09-10 10:27:14 

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