Agelas tubulata brown tube sponge

Agelas tubulata is commonly referred to as brown tube sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Pauline Walsh Jacobson, USA

Coral Reef Scene with Tube Sponges, Agelas tubulata, Santa Rosa Wall 2007

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lexID:: 3083
AphiaID:: 164845

Scientific:: Agelas tubulata
German:: Brauner Röhrenschwamm, Kleiner Trompeten-Schwamm
English:: Brown Tube Sponge

Category:: Gąbki

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Agelasida (Order) > Agelasidae (Family) > Agelas (Genus) > tubulata (Species)
Initial determination:: Lehnert & van Soest, 1996

Occurrence:: Belize, Brazil, Curacao, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Panama, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, USA, West-Atlantic 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:: Meter
Habitats:: Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 23.62" (60 cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown