Pione hixoni Giant Boring Sponge, Hixon's Boring Sponge

Pione hixoni is commonly referred to as Giant Boring Sponge, Hixon's Boring Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18015 

AphiaID:

170504 

Scientific:

Pione hixoni 

German:

Riesen-Bohrschwamm, Hixons Bohrschwamm 

English:

Giant Boring Sponge, Hixon's Boring Sponge 

Category:

Spugne 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Clionaida (Order) > Clionaidae (Family) > Pione (Genus) > hixoni (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lendenfeld, ), 1886 

Occurrence:

Australia, New Caledonia 

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:

0 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

11.81" - 23.62" (30cm - 60cm) 

Weight:

200 kg 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Organic suspended sediment , 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:

• Pione abyssorum
• Pione angelae
• Pione carpenteri
• Pione concharum
• Pione enigmatica
• Pione fryeri
• Pione gibraltarensis
• Pione hancocki
• 
  Pione hixoni
  Riesen-Bohrschwamm, Hixons Bohrschwamm
• Pione indica
• Pione lampa
• Pione margaritiferae
• Pione mazatlanensis
• Pione muscoides
• 
  Pione mussae
  Bohrschwamm
• Pione rhabdophora
• Pione robusta
• Pione spirilla
• Pione stationis
• Pione truitti
• Pione velans
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-02 12:52:03 

Last edit:

2026-01-04 21:36:24 

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