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Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi sponge

Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi is commonly referred to as sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.


Profilbild Urheber Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Dercitus bucklandi © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild vom Roten Meer


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lexID:
6261 
AphiaID:
555677 
Scientific:
Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi 
German:
Schwamm 
English:
Sponge 
Category:
Marine Sponges 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Tetractinellida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Dercitus (Genus) > (Dercitus) bucklandi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bowerbank, ), 1858 
Occurrence:
East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, the British Isles 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Temperature:
50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Dercitus arubensis
  • Dercitus bahamensis
  • Dercitus berau
  • Dercitus dissimilis
  • Dercitus exostoticus
  • Dercitus extensus
  • Dercitus fijiensis
  • Dercitus japonensis
  • Dercitus latex
  • Dercitus lesinensis
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-05 19:11:18 

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Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi (Bowerbank, 1858)
Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi grows vertically in crevices and on overhanging rock faces, which it fills.
It is black or dark grey-brown on the outside and grey-yellow on the inside.
Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi forms a layer similar to a membrane inside the crevices, and this sponge grows particularly frequently on limestone.

Please note: Gray and black sponges in particular, which often look very similar, are often confused.

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Dercitus bucklandi © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild vom Roten Meer
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