Spongionella pulchella Gorgeous Horny Sponge

Spongionella pulchella is commonly referred to as Gorgeous Horny Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17609 

AphiaID:

132335 

Scientific:

Spongionella pulchella 

German:

Schöner Hornschwamm 

English:

Gorgeous Horny Sponge 

Category:

Svamp 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dendroceratida (Order) > Dictyodendrillidae (Family) > Spongionella (Genus) > pulchella (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Sowerby, ), 1804 

Occurrence:

Azores, Barents Sea, Bering Sea, European Coasts, Greece, Greenland, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), West Africa 

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:

4 - 534 Meter 

Habitats:

Artificial reefs, Coral reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Suspension 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:

• Spongionella depressa
• Spongionella foliascens
• Spongionella gracilis
• Spongionella monoprocta
• Spongionella nigra
• 
  Spongionella pulchella
  Schöner Hornschwamm
• Spongionella pulvilla
• Spongionella ramodigitata
• Spongionella regularis
• Spongionella repens
• Spongionella retiara
• Spongionella tubulosa
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-07-17 15:24:17 

Last edit:

2025-07-17 15:37:29 

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