Kirkpatrickia variolosa Sponge

Kirkpatrickia variolosa is commonly referred to as Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10044 

AphiaID:

169300 

Scientific:

Kirkpatrickia variolosa 

German:

Schwamm 

English:

Sponge 

Category:

Spugne 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Hymedesmiidae (Family) > Kirkpatrickia (Genus) > variolosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Kirkpatrick, ), 1907 

Occurrence:

Antarctica, Ross Sea, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Shetlands Island , Subantarctic Isles 

Sea depth:

16 - 640 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

32 °F - 42.8 °F (0°C - 6°C) 

Food:

Bacteria (Bacterioplankton), Detritus, Phytoplankton 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Kirkpatrickia borealis
• Kirkpatrickia coulmani
• Kirkpatrickia spiculophila
• 
  Kirkpatrickia variolosa
  Schwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-10-25 15:01:12 

Last edit:

2020-04-06 18:53:35 

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