Phyllospongia foliascens Phyllospongia foliascens

Phyllospongia foliascens is commonly referred to as Phyllospongia foliascens. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Phyllospongia foliascens
German:: Folienschwamm
English:: Phyllospongia Foliascens

Category:: Svamp

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Thorectidae (Family) > Phyllospongia (Genus) > foliascens (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pallas, ), 1766

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Ambon, Australia, East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Moluccas, Mozambique, New Zealand, Philippines, Red Sea, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor Sea
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 2 - 24 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 5.91" - 7.87" (15cm - 20cm)
Temperature:: °F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C)
Food:: Filter feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Phyllospongia alcicornis
Phyllospongia cyathina
Phyllospongia ectoscula
Phyllospongia foliacea
Phyllospongia lamellosa
Phyllospongia macropora
Phyllospongia palmata
Phyllospongia papyracea
Phyllospongia schulzei
Phyllospongia supraoculata

More related species in this lexicon:

Phyllospongia foliascens
Folienschwamm

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-05-25 17:59:00
Last edit:: 2025-11-03 18:30:19

Info

Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)

Whorled or curved plate-like sponge, 15-20 cm wide and high. Can form a cup with internal spirals at maturity. Surface with 2-3 mm wide radiating lines of low, rounded, sand-encrusted nodules separated by furrows. Oscules 1-2 mm. Body flexible, fibrous, tears easily longitudinal. Surface sandy; creamy grey-brown. Habitat: shallow sandy lagoons. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997).

Gemäß WoRMS ist Phyllospongia foliascens Wirt folgender Ektoparasiten:
Asterocheres bulbosus Malt, 1991 Feedingtype: ectoparasitic
Spongicola tropicanus Kim I.H., 2005 Feedingtype: ectoparasitic

Synonymised names
Cacospongia lamellosa (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Cacospongia poculum Selenka, 1867 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Carteriospongia elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Carteriospongia fissurata (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Carteriospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Carteriospongia lamellosa (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted
Carteriospongia otahitica (Esper, 1797) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Carteriospongia otahitica var. aplanata Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Carteriospongia vermifera Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Carterispongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name)
Carterispongia mantelli (Bowerbank, 1874) · unaccepted (genus transfer and misspelling of...)
Carterispongia otahitica (Esper, 1797) · unaccepted (genus transfer and misspelling of...)
Halispongia mantelli Bowerbank, 1874 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Halispongia ventriculoides Bowerbank, 1874 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Mauricea lacinulosa Carter, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Phyllospongia (Carteriospongia) elegans Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted
Phyllospongia (Carteriospongia) foliascens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted
Phyllospongia (Carteriospongia) mantelli (Bowerbank, 1874) · unaccepted
Phyllospongia (Carteriospongia) spiralis Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted
Phyllospongia elegans Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Phyllospongia foliacea · unaccepted (mistaken entry)
Phyllospongia foliacens (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (genus transfer and incorrect...)
Phyllospongia foliascens penicillata Esper, 1794 · unaccepted
Phyllospongia lamellosa (Esper, 1794) · unaccepted
Phyllospongia lekanis de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Phyllospongia mantelli (Bowerbank, 1874) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Phyllospongia mantelli var. reticulata Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Phyllospongia papyracea polyphylla (Lamarck, 1814) · unaccepted
Phyllospongia spiralis Lendenfeld, 1889 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Phyllospongia vermifera (Hyatt, 1877) · unaccepted
Spongia fissurata Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia foliascens Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia lamellosa Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongia otahitica Esper, 1797 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia othaitica Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia penicillata Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Spongia polyphylla Lamarck, 1814 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)

Direct children (3)
Subspecies Phyllospongia foliascens penicillata Esper, 1794 accepted as Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)
Subspecies Phyllospongia foliascens perforata (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Phyllospongia perforata (Hyatt, 1877)
Subspecies Phyllospongia foliascens radiata (Hyatt, 1877) accepted as Strepsichordaia radiata (Hyatt, 1877)

External links

Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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