Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima Strawberry vase sponge

Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima is commonly referred to as Strawberry vase sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima
German:: Erdbeer Vasenschwamm
English:: Strawberry Vase Sponge

Category:: Svamp

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalidae (Family) > Mycale (Genus) > (Arenochalina) laxissima (Species)
Initial determination:: (Duchassaing & Michelotti, ), 1864

Occurrence:: Belize, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean
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 - 61 Meter
Habitats:: Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 19.69" (50 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Mycale acerata
Mycale adhaerens
Mycale africamucosa
Mycale alagoana
Mycale americana
Mycale anatipes
Mycale ancorina
Mycale angulosa
Mycale anisochela
Mycale anomala
Mycale aplysilloides
Mycale arctica
Mycale arcuiris
Mycale arenaria
Mycale arenicola
Mycale armata
Mycale arndti
Mycale aruensis
Mycale atlantica
Mycale atropha
Mycale australis
Mycale babici
Mycale bamfieldensis
Mycale beatrizae
Mycale bidentata
Mycale bolivari
Mycale brownorum
Mycale burtoni
Mycale carlilei
Mycale carmigropila
Mycale cartwrighti
Mycale cavernosa
Mycale cecilia
Mycale chujaensis
Mycale chungjae
Mycale citrina
Mycale cleistochela
Mycale cliftoni
Mycale cockburniana
Mycale confundata
Mycale contarenii
Mycale contax
Mycale coronata
Mycale corrugata
Mycale crassa
Mycale crassissima
Mycale cruzi
Mycale cucumis
Mycale curvisigma
Mycale cylindrica
Mycale darwini
Mycale dendyi
Mycale dentata
Mycale denticulata
Mycale diaphana
Mycale diastrophochela
Mycale dichela
Mycale dickinsoni
Mycale digitata
Mycale diminuta
Mycale diversisigmata
Mycale doellojuradoi
Mycale dubia
Mycale erythraeana
Mycale escarlatei
Mycale euplectellioides
Mycale fascibula
Mycale fibrexilis
Mycale fibrosa
Mycale fisheri
Mycale fistulifera
Mycale flagellifera
Mycale flagelliformis
Mycale flammula
Mycale furcata
Mycale fusca
Mycale fusiformis
Mycale gaussiana
Mycale gelatinosa
Mycale geojensis
Mycale grandis
Mycale gravelyi
Mycale guineensis
Mycale helios
Mycale hentscheli
Mycale hispida
Mycale immitis
Mycale imperfecta
Mycale incrustans
Mycale incurvata
Mycale indica
Mycale intermedia
Mycale izuensis
Mycale jamaicensis
Mycale janvermeuleni
Mycale japonica
Mycale jasoniae
Mycale jophon
Mycale jukdoensis
Mycale kolletae
Mycale koreana
Mycale laevis
Mycale lapidiformis
Mycale laxissima
Mycale levii
Mycale lilianae
Mycale lindbergi
Mycale lingua
Mycale lissochela
Mycale longistyla
Mycale loricata
Mycale loveni
Mycale macginitiei
Mycale macilenta
Mycale macrochela
Mycale macrosigma
Mycale madraspatana
Mycale magellanica
Mycale magnirhaphidifera
Mycale magnitoxa
Mycale mammiformis
Mycale mannarensis
Mycale marshallhalli
Mycale massa
Mycale menylloides
Mycale meridionalis
Mycale micracanthoxea
Mycale microsigma
Mycale microsigmatosa
Mycale microxea
Mycale militaris
Mycale minima
Mycale mirabilis
Mycale modesta
Mycale moluccensis
Mycale monanchorata
Mycale multisclera
Mycale murrayi
Mycale myriasclera
Mycale mytilorum
Mycale neunggulensis
Mycale nodulosa
Mycale novaezealandiae
Mycale nullarosette
Mycale obscura
Mycale ochotensis
Mycale orientalis
Mycale pachysigmata
Mycale papillosa
Mycale paradoxa
Mycale parasitica
Mycale parishii
Mycale parvasigma
Mycale paschalis
Mycale pectinicola
Mycale peculiaris
Mycale pellucida
Mycale penicillium
Mycale phillipensis
Mycale phyllophila
Mycale pluma
Mycale plumosa
Mycale pluriloba
Mycale porosa
Mycale profunda
Mycale psila
Mycale pulvinus
Mycale purpurata
Mycale quadripartita
Mycale radiosa
Mycale ramulosa
Mycale raphidiophora
Mycale rara
Mycale relicta
Mycale renieroides
Mycale repens
Mycale retifera
Mycale rhaphidotoxa
Mycale rhoi
Mycale richardsoni
Mycale rotalis
Mycale rubra
Mycale sanguinea
Mycale senegalensis
Mycale serpens
Mycale serratohamata
Mycale serrulata
Mycale setosa
Mycale sierraleonensis
Mycale simonis
Mycale simplex
Mycale spinosigma
Mycale stecarmia
Mycale stegoderma
Mycale stephensae
Mycale stolonifera
Mycale strelnikovi
Mycale strongylophora
Mycale subclavata
Mycale suezza
Mycale sulcata
Mycale sulevoidea
Mycale syringosimilis
Mycale syrinx
Mycale tapetum
Mycale tasmani
Mycale tenerifensis
Mycale tenuis
Mycale tenuisinuousitylostyli
Mycale tenuispiculata
Mycale tenuityla
Mycale textilis
Mycale thaumatochela
Mycale thielei
Mycale titubans
Mycale toporoki
Mycale topsenti
Mycale toxifera
Mycale trichela
Mycale trichophora
Mycale tridens
Mycale trincomalensis
Mycale truncatella
Mycale tunicata
Mycale tylota
Mycale tylotornota
Mycale ulleungensis
Mycale undulata
Mycale unguifera
Mycale urizae
Mycale vaceleti
Mycale vansoesti
Mycale varpachovskii
Mycale verdensis
Mycale vermistyla
Mycale vitellina
Mycale waitei

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-06-26 17:38:16
Last edit:: 2026-02-20 16:30:18

Info

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

The Caribbean sponge is dark red, brown, purple or violet with blue reflections, it forms long tubes, its surface feels prickly, thorny, its mucus layer falls off easily when touched and discolors fingers and hands.

However, the sponge can also grow encrusted and fill small cavities in rocks, the sponge contains few sclerites, its consistency is hard but compressible.

Similar species: Clathria spinosa

Synonymised names
Acamas laxissima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Acamasina laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Esperella nuda Ridley & Dendy, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hircinia cartilaginea var. horrida Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hircinia horrida Hyatt, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hircinia purpurea Whitfield, 1901 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Ircinia cartilaginea var. horrida (Hyatt, 1877) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Mycale (Acamasina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (subgenus transfer)
Mycale angulosa (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) sensu Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale hyatti Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale jamaicaensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) · unaccepted (subgenus assignment)
Mycale mucifluens Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Mycale whitfieldi Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Strongylacidon horridum (Hyatt, 1877) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Thorecta horrida (Hyatt, 1877) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

External links

The Sponge Guide (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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