Tethya aurantium Golf ball sponge

Tethya aurantium is commonly referred to as Golf ball sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7231 

AphiaID:

134311 

Scientific:

Tethya aurantium 

German:

Meerorange 

English:

Golf Ball Sponge 

Category:

Gąbki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Tethyida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Tethya (Genus) > aurantium (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pallas, ), 1766 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Bay of Biscay, Corea, East Africa, European Coasts, Israel, Myanmar, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Senegal, South-Pazific, Spain, Tasman Sea, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

Sea depth:

0 - 58 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 59 °F (10°C - 15°C) 

Food:

Detritus, Filter feeder, omnivore, Phytoplankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Tethya actinia
  Mandarinen-Schwamm
• Tethya acuta
• Tethya amplexa
• Tethya andamanensis
• Tethya asbestella
• 
  Tethya aurantium
  Meerorange
• Tethya beatrizae
• 
  Tethya bergquistae
  Pink Golfball-Schwamm
• Tethya boeroi
• Tethya brasiliana
• Tethya bullae
• 
  Tethya burtoni
  Oranger Golfball-Schwamm
• 
  Tethya californiana
  Oranger Golfball-Schwamm
• 
  Tethya citrina
  Zitronen Schwamm
• Tethya coccinea
• Tethya communis
• Tethya comorensis
• Tethya compacta
• Tethya cyanae
• Tethya deformis
• Tethya dendyi
• Tethya densa
• Tethya diploderma
• Tethya ensis
• Tethya expansa
• Tethya fastigata
• Tethya fissurata
• Tethya flexuosa
• Tethya gigantea
• Tethya globostellata
• Tethya globum
• 
  Tethya gracilis
  Wandernder Schwamm
• Tethya gunni
• Tethya hibernica
• Tethya hooperi
• Tethya ignis
• Tethya ingalli
• Tethya irregularis
• Tethya japonica
• Tethya laevis
• Tethya levii
• Tethya magna
• Tethya maza
• Tethya melinka
• Tethya meloni
• Tethya mexicana
• Tethya microstella
• Tethya minuta
• Tethya monstrosa
• Tethya mortoni
• Tethya multifida
• Tethya multistella
• Tethya nicolae
• Tethya norvegica
• Tethya novaecaledoniae
• Tethya nux
• Tethya omanensis
• Tethya ornata
• Tethya orphei
• Tethya ovum
• Tethya papillosa
• Tethya paroxeata
• Tethya parvistella
• Tethya parvula
• Tethya pellis
• Tethya peracuta
• Tethya popae
• Tethya pulchra
• Tethya pulitzeri
• Tethya robusta
• Tethya rubra
• Tethya sarai
• Tethya seychellensis
• Tethya simi
• Tethya socius
• Tethya solangae
• Tethya sollasi
• Tethya songakensis
• Tethya stellagrandis
• Tethya stellodermis
• Tethya stolonifera
• Tethya strongylata
• Tethya taboga
• Tethya tasmaniae
• Tethya tenuisclera
• Tethya topsenti
• Tethya uljinensis
• Tethya vacua
• Tethya varians
• Tethya viridis
• Tethya wilhelma
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-06-15 21:48:36 

Last edit:

2020-04-03 21:46:44 

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