Codium bursa Green sponge ball

Codium bursa is commonly referred to as Green sponge ball. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Codium Bursa,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025

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lexID:: 5927
AphiaID:: 145079

Scientific:: Codium bursa
German:: Meerball
English:: Green Sponge Ball

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Family tree:: Plantae (Kingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Bryopsidales (Order) > Codiaceae (Family) > Codium (Genus) > bursa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Olivi) C.Agardh, 1817

Occurrence:: Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Australia, Azores, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Morocco, New Zealand, Northern Africa, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Kermadec Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
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:: 40 - 90 Meter
Size:: 7.87" - 15.75" (20cm - 40cm)
Temperature:: °F - 80.6 °F (°C - 27°C)
Food:: Photosynthesis
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown