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Liosina paradoxa Marine sponge

Liosina paradoxa is commonly referred to as Marine sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
16632 
AphiaID:
165680 
Scientific:
Liosina paradoxa 
German:
Meeresschwamm 
English:
Marine Sponge 
Category:
Spugne 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Tethyida (Order) > Hemiasterellidae (Family) > Liosina (Genus) > paradoxa (Species) 
Initial determination:
Thiele, 1899 
Occurrence:
Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Mannar , Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Tansania, Vanuatu, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 100 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds 
Temperature:
75.74 °F - 28.8, °F (24.3°C - 28.8,°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-07-21 16:46:14 

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Liosina paradoxa has a gray-beige or muddy gray outside, the inside is orange. inside is orange.

The fabric structure is flexible, easily stretchable and equally easy to tear.

There is often a layer of sand on the surface of the sea sponge. of the sea sponge.

The sponge forms an encrusted mat that can easily be mistaken for a sea easily mistaken for a sea squirt.

It forms dense encrusted or upright growing bulbous structures. structures.

The oscules of the sea sponge are relatively small, scattered over the surface scattered over the surface and located on the tips.

Habitat: Liosina paradoxa colonizes dead corals, coral rubble and generally all other hard generally all other hard substrates in shallow coastal waters.

Feeding of the sea sponge: Liosina paradoxa feeds by sucking water through its pores. water through its pores, filtering out bacteria and organic particles and then expelling the filtered water through the oscula.

Synonyms:
Auletta bia de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Migas porphyrion Sollas, 1908 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Milene porphyrion (Sollas, 1908) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

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