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Theonella conica Marine sponge

Theonella conica is commonly referred to as Marine sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Foto: Ponta do Ouro, Mozambik


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lexID:
17200 
AphiaID:
171252 
Scientific:
Theonella conica 
German:
Meeresschwamm 
English:
Marine Sponge 
Category:
Gąbki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Tetractinellida (Order) > Theonellidae (Family) > Theonella (Genus) > conica (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Kieschnick, ), 1896 
Occurrence:
Halmahera Sea, East Africa, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Halmahera, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Moluccas, Mozambique, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 
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:
11 - 36 Meter 
Size:
9.84" - 13.78" (25cm - 35cm) 
Temperature:
78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, 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:
  • Theonella annulata
  • Theonella atlantica
  • Theonella complicata
  • Theonella conica
    Meeresschwamm
  • Theonella cupola
  • Theonella cylindrica
  • Theonella deliqua
  • Theonella ferruginea
  • Theonella incerta
  • Theonella invaginata
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-02-02 14:07:31 

Info

This living sea sponge is irregularly massive, lobed, with oscules that are either flush with the surface or open in mounds.

The color of the surface is brown, the color visible in the photo as yellow is caused by the diving lamps.
The inner body of the sea sponge is deep blue.

Synonym: Discodermia conica Kieschnick, 1896 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

External links

  1. Marine Fauna of Mozambique (en). Abgerufen am 29.01.2025.
  2. Out of the blue: Hyperaccumulation of molybdenum in the Indo-Pacific sponge Theonella conica (en). Abgerufen am 29.01.2025.
  3. Porifera from Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique) (en). Abgerufen am 29.01.2025.
  4. Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal, Seite 530 als Discodermia conica (de). Abgerufen am 29.01.2025.

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Foto: Ponta do Ouro, Mozambik

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