Sarcotragus foetidus Dark Stinging Sponge, Black sponge

Sarcotragus foetidus is commonly referred to as Dark Stinging Sponge, Black sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10085 

AphiaID:

132371 

Scientific:

Sarcotragus foetidus 

German:

Höckriger Lederschwamm 

English:

Dark Stinging Sponge, Black Sponge 

Category:

Svamp 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Sarcotragus (Genus) > foetidus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Schmidt, 1862 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Algeria, Azores, European Coasts, France, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Morocco, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

- 400 Meter 

Size:

15.75" - 19.69" (40cm - 50cm) 

Temperature:

59 °F - 73.4 °F (15°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Sarcotragus aliger
• Sarcotragus australis
• Sarcotragus coreanus
• Sarcotragus fasciculatus
• 
  Sarcotragus foetidus
  Höckriger Lederschwamm
• Sarcotragus gapaensis
• Sarcotragus maraensis
• Sarcotragus myrobalanus
• Sarcotragus pipetta
• 
  Sarcotragus spinosulus
  Schwamm
• Sarcotragus tuberculatus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-11-02 13:18:44 

Last edit:

2025-09-18 23:29:54 

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