Euplectella aspergillum Venus's Flower Basket,

Euplectella aspergillum is commonly referred to as Venus's Flower Basket,. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7694 

AphiaID:

171897 

Scientific:

Euplectella aspergillum 

German:

Gießkannenschwamm 

English:

Venus's Flower Basket, 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Lyssacinosida (Order) > Euplectellidae (Family) > Euplectella (Genus) > aspergillum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Owen, 1841 

Occurrence:

Cebu ((Philippines), Japan, Philippines 

Size:

up to 39.37" (100 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 51.8 °F (°C - 11°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Euplectella aspera
• 
  Euplectella aspergillum
  Gießkannenschwamm
• Euplectella crassistellata
• Euplectella cucumer
• Euplectella curvistellata
• Euplectella gibbsa
• Euplectella imperialis
• Euplectella jovis
• Euplectella marshalli
• Euplectella nobilis
• Euplectella nodosa
• Euplectella oweni
• Euplectella paratetractina
• Euplectella plumosum
• Euplectella simplex
• Euplectella suberea
• Euplectella timorensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-12 19:42:00 

Last edit:

2014-11-12 19:42:00 

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