Dysidea avara pink sponge

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lexID:: 5782
AphiaID:: 132321

Scientific:: Dysidea avara
German:: Höhlenwächterschwamm, Grober Stachelschwamm
English:: Pink Sponge

Category:: Sponges
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Dysideidae (Family) > Dysidea (Genus) > avara (Species)
Initial determination:: (Schmidt, ), 1862

Occurrence:: Russland, the Black Sea, Adria (the Adriatic Sea), Hawaii, Northern Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Tank:: 54.99 gal (~ 250L)
Difficulty:: Average
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Dysidea aedificanda
Dysidea amblia
Dysidea anceps
Dysidea arenaria
Dysidea avara
Höhlenwächterschwamm, Grober Stachelschwamm
Dysidea cachui
Dysidea cacos
Dysidea cana
Dysidea chalinoides
Dysidea chilensis
Dysidea cinerea
Dysidea clathrata
Dysidea conica
Dysidea crassa
Dysidea cristagalli
Dysidea dakini
Dysidea dendyi
Dysidea digitata
Dysidea distans
Dysidea dubia
Dysidea enormis
Dysidea etheria
Dysidea fasciculata
Dysidea flabellum
Dysidea fragilis
Feiner Stachelschwamm
Dysidea frondosa
Dysidea gracilis
Dysidea granulosa
Dysidea gumminea
Dysidea hirciniformis
Dysidea horrens
Dysidea implexa
Dysidea incrustans
Dysidea incrustata
Dysidea janiae
Dysidea kenkriegeri
Dysidea laxa
Dysidea ligneana
Dysidea marshalli
Dysidea minna
Dysidea navicularis
Dysidea nigrescens
Dysidea oculata
Dysidea pallescens
Dysidea perfistulata
Dysidea ramoglomerata
Dysidea ramosa
Dysidea ramsayi
Dysidea reformensis
Dysidea robusta
Dysidea sagum
Dysidea septosa
Dysidea spiculifera
Dysidea spiculivora
Dysidea spinosa
Dysidea tenuifibra
Dysidea tubulata
Dysidea tupha
Dysidea uriae
Dysidea variabilis
Dysidea villosa

More related species in this lexicon:

Dysidea sp.
Stachelschwamm

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-07-21 17:32:22
Last edit:: 2013-07-21 17:32:22

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(Schmidt, 1862)

Synonyms:
Dysidea fragilis var. ramosa (Schulze, 1879)(junior synonym)
Dysidea fragilis var. tubulosa (Schulze, 1879) (junior synonym)
Spongelia avara Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer)
Spongelia incrustans var. adriatica Czerniavsky, 1880 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongelia incrustans var. suchumensis Czerniavsky, 1880 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongelia pallescens fragilis var. ramosa Schulze, 1879 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Spongelia pallescens fragilis var. tubulosa Schulze, 1879 (genus transfer and junior synonym)

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