Cliona celata Yellow Boring Sponge, Yellow Boring Horny Sponge, Sulfur Spongered Boring Sponge

Cliona celata is commonly referred to as Yellow Boring Sponge, Yellow Boring Horny Sponge, Sulfur Spongered Boring Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18101 

AphiaID:

134121 

Scientific:

Cliona celata 

German:

Gelber Bohrschwamm, Zellenbohrschwamm 

English:

Yellow Boring Sponge, Yellow Boring Horny Sponge, Sulfur Spongered Boring Sponge 

Category:

Gąbki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Clionaida (Order) > Clionaidae (Family) > Cliona (Genus) > celata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Grant, 1826 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada Western Atlantic, Congo, Corea, cosmopolitan species, European Coasts, France, India, Ireland, Kattegat (Baltic Sea), Namibia, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Scotland, South Atlantic, South-Africa 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

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:

• Cliona acephala
• Cliona adriatica
• Cliona aethiopicus
• Cliona albimarginata
• Cliona amplicavata
• Cliona annulifera
• Cliona aprica
• Cliona argus
• Cliona barbadensis
• Cliona burtoni
• Cliona caesia
• Cliona caledoniae
• 
  Cliona californiana
  Kalifornischer Bohrschwamm, Gelber Bohrschwamm
• 
  Cliona caribbaea
  Karibischer Bohrschwamm
• Cliona carteri
• 
  Cliona celata
  Gelber Bohrschwamm, Zellenbohrschwamm
• 
  Cliona chilensis
  Chilenischer Bohrschwamm
• Cliona delitrix
• Cliona desimoni
• Cliona dioryssa
• Cliona dissimilis
• Cliona diversityla
• Cliona ecaudis
• Cliona ensifera
• Cliona euryphylle
• Cliona favus
• Cliona flavifodina
• Cliona infrafoliata
• Cliona insidiosa
• Cliona janitrix
• Cliona johannae
• Cliona johnstoni
• Cliona jullieni
• Cliona kempi
• Cliona labiata
• Cliona laticavicola
• Cliona lesueuri
• Cliona liangae
• Cliona lisa
• Cliona lobata
• Cliona macgeachi
• Cliona medinai
• Cliona michelini
• Cliona microstrongylata
• Cliona millepunctata
• Cliona minuscula
• Cliona mucronata
• Cliona nodulosa
• Cliona orientalis
• Cliona papillae
• Cliona parenzani
• Cliona patera
• Cliona paucispina
• Cliona peponaca
• Cliona phallica
• Cliona pocillopora
• Cliona radiata
• Cliona raphida
• Cliona raromicrosclera
• Cliona reticulata
• 
  Cliona rhodensis
  Orangeroter Bohrschwamm
• Cliona saxicava
• 
  Cliona schmidtii
  Brauner Bohrschwamm, Roter Bohrschwamm
• Cliona spissaspira
• Cliona subulata
• Cliona tenuis
• Cliona thoosina
• Cliona tinctoria
• Cliona topsenti
• Cliona tropicalis
• Cliona tumula
• Cliona undulata
• Cliona utricularis
• Cliona valentis
• Cliona vallartense
• 
  Cliona varians
  Schwamm
• Cliona vermifera
• 
  Cliona viridis
  Grüner Bohrschwamm
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cliona grandis
  Meeresschwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-28 19:46:02 

Last edit:

2026-01-28 19:53:38 

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