Aiolochroia crassa Branching Tube Sponge

Aiolochroia crassa is commonly referred to as Branching Tube Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2794 

AphiaID:

169632 

Scientific:

Aiolochroia crassa 

German:

Verzweigter Röhrenschwamm 

English:

Branching Tube Sponge 

Category:

Svampe 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Verongiida (Order) > Aplysinidae (Family) > Aiolochroia (Genus) > crassa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hyatt, ), 1875 

Occurrence:

Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, East cost of USA, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., 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:

3 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Mangrove Zones, Reef-associated, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 6.69" (17 cm) 

Temperature:

23,5 °F - 82.4 °F (23,5°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 

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:

• 
  Aiolochroia crassa
  Verzweigter Röhrenschwamm
• Aiolochroia janusi
• Aiolochroia thiona

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-04-19 11:44:35 

Last edit:

2024-07-23 19:14:07 

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