Cliona californiana California Boring Sponge, Yellow Boring Sponge, Sulphur sponge

Cliona californiana is commonly referred to as California Boring Sponge, Yellow Boring Sponge, Sulphur sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Cliona californiana,2017

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lexID:: 3284
AphiaID:: 170431

Scientific:: Cliona californiana
German:: Kalifornischer Bohrschwamm, Gelber Bohrschwamm
English:: California Boring Sponge, Yellow Boring Sponge, Sulphur Sponge

Category:: Spugne

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Clionaida (Order) > Clionaidae (Family) > Cliona (Genus) > californiana (Species)
Initial determination:: de Laubenfels, 1932

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA
Sea depth:: 1 - 120 Meter
Size:: up to 3.54" (9 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 59 °F (°C - 15°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Parasitic, Plankton, 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:

Cliona acephala
Cliona adriatica
Cliona aethiopicus
Cliona albimarginata
Cliona amplicavata
Cliona annulifera
Cliona aprica
Cliona argus
Cliona barbadensis
Cliona burtoni
Cliona caesia
Cliona caledoniae
Cliona californiana
Kalifornischer Bohrschwamm, Gelber Bohrschwamm
Cliona caribbaea
Karibischer Bohrschwamm
Cliona carteri
Cliona celata
Cliona chilensis
Chilenischer Bohrschwamm
Cliona delitrix
Cliona desimoni
Cliona dioryssa
Cliona dissimilis
Cliona diversityla
Cliona ecaudis
Cliona ensifera
Cliona euryphylle
Cliona favus
Cliona flavifodina
Cliona infrafoliata
Cliona insidiosa
Cliona janitrix
Cliona johannae
Cliona johnstoni
Cliona jullieni
Cliona kempi
Cliona labiata
Cliona laticavicola
Cliona lesueuri
Cliona liangae
Cliona lisa
Cliona lobata
Cliona macgeachi
Cliona medinai
Cliona michelini
Cliona microstrongylata
Cliona millepunctata
Cliona minuscula
Cliona mucronata
Cliona nodulosa
Cliona orientalis
Cliona papillae
Cliona parenzani
Cliona patera
Cliona paucispina
Cliona peponaca
Cliona phallica
Cliona pocillopora
Cliona radiata
Cliona raphida
Cliona raromicrosclera
Cliona reticulata
Cliona rhodensis
Orangeroter Bohrschwamm
Cliona saxicava
Cliona schmidtii
Brauner Bohrschwamm, Roter Bohrschwamm
Cliona spissaspira
Cliona subulata
Cliona tenuis
Cliona thoosina
Cliona tinctoria
Cliona topsenti
Cliona tropicalis
Cliona tumula
Cliona undulata
Cliona utricularis
Cliona valentis
Cliona vallartense
Cliona varians
Schwamm
Cliona vermifera
Cliona viridis
Grüner Bohrschwamm

More related species in this lexicon:

Cliona grandis
Meeresschwamm

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-08-04 10:52:33
Last edit:: 2020-05-24 20:22:48

Info

Cliona californiana de Laubenfels, 1932

These sponges are common growing on the thick-shelled giant rock scallop (Crassadoma gigantea) and on oysters.

The sponge is preyed on by the nudibranch Doriopsilla albopunctata.

Synonymised names:
Cliona celata var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932 (status change)
Pseudosuberites pseudos Dickinson, 1945 (genus transfer & junior synonym)

External links

Invertebrates of the Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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