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Axinella damicornis Yellow Sponge, Crumpled Duster Sponge

Axinella damicornis is commonly referred to as Yellow Sponge, Crumpled Duster Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Axinella damicornis, Las Palmas ES-CN, ES 2022


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lexID:
6095 
AphiaID:
132472 
Scientific:
Axinella damicornis 
German:
Lamellen-Geweihschwamm 
English:
Yellow Sponge, Crumpled Duster Sponge 
Category:
Gąbki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Axinellida (Order) > Axinellidae (Family) > Axinella (Genus) > damicornis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Esper, ), 1794 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Scotland, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, West 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:
- 15 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
32 °F - 73.4 °F (0°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, 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
:
  • Axinella acanthelloides
  • Axinella alba
  • Axinella alborana
  • Axinella amorpha
  • Axinella anamesa
  • Axinella antarctica
  • Axinella arborescens
  • Axinella arctica
  • Axinella aruensis
  • Axinella australiensis
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-01-17 19:12:17 

Info

Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794)

Color: yellow and changing to an intensiv orange at the margins.

The surface has a characteristic 'mealy' appearance, as though dusted with small yellow particles. Small oscules are borne on the apices of the branches.

Pyrroloaminopropylimidazoles were reported from this species in 1975/1986.

Similar species: Stelligera rigida und Axinella verrucosa .

Synonymised names
Grantia cinnamomea var. damicornis (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
Grantia cinnamomea var. lactuca (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongia damicornis Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia lactuca Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

External links

  1. Habitas (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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