Verongula gigantea Giant barrel sponge, Netted Barrel Sponge

Verongula gigantea is commonly referred to as Giant barrel sponge, Netted Barrel Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7019 

AphiaID:

169672 

Scientific:

Verongula gigantea 

German:

Schwamm 

English:

Giant Barrel Sponge, Netted Barrel Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Verongiida (Order) > Aplysinidae (Family) > Verongula (Genus) > gigantea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hyatt, ), 1875 

Occurrence:

Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico (East Pacific), The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands 

Size:

23.62" - 59.06" (60cm - 150cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Verongula gigantea
  Schwamm
• 
  Verongula reiswigi
  Vasenschwamm
• 
  Verongula rigida
  Schwamm

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Verongula spp.
  Vasen-Schwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-14 20:04:34 

Last edit:

2014-04-14 20:04:34 

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