Myrmekioderma gyroderma Convoluted orange sponge

Myrmekioderma gyroderma is commonly referred to as Convoluted orange sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7227 

AphiaID:

166019 

Scientific:

Myrmekioderma gyroderma 

German:

Schwamm 

English:

Convoluted Orange Sponge 

Category:

Gąbki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Axinellida (Order) > Heteroxyidae (Family) > Myrmekioderma (Genus) > gyroderma (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Alcolado, ), 1984 

Occurrence:

El Salvador, Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Columbia, Cuba, Florida, The Bahamas, the Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela 

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:

0 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Myrmekioderma dendyi
• 
  Myrmekioderma granulatum
  Meeresschwamm
• 
  Myrmekioderma gyroderma
  Schwamm
• Myrmekioderma intrastrongyla
• Myrmekioderma laminatum
• Myrmekioderma niveum
• Myrmekioderma pacificum
• 
  Myrmekioderma rea
  Schwamm
• Myrmekioderma spelaeum
• Myrmekioderma tuberculatum

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-06-15 15:56:00 

Last edit:

2022-11-21 07:43:33 

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