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Echinoclathria dichotoma Tree sponge

Echinoclathria dichotoma is commonly referred to as Tree sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Echinoclathria dichotoma (Tree sponge)


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lexID:
10662 
AphiaID:
167916 
Scientific:
Echinoclathria dichotoma 
German:
Schwamm 
English:
Tree Sponge 
Category:
Marine Sponges 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionidae (Family) > Echinoclathria (Genus) > dichotoma (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lévi, ), 1963 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
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:
8 - 43 Meter 
Habitats:
Epibiont (living on other organisms), Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
3.94" - 7.09" (10cm - 18cm) 
Temperature:
57.2 °F - 64.4 °F (14°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, No reliable information available, Plankton 
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:
  • Echinoclathria arborea
  • Echinoclathria arcifera
  • Echinoclathria atlantica
  • Echinoclathria axinelloides
  • Echinoclathria bergquistae
  • Echinoclathria beringensis
  • Echinoclathria chalinoides
  • Echinoclathria confragosa
  • Echinoclathria contexta
  • Echinoclathria dichotoma
    Schwamm
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-10-28 18:16:34 

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Echinoclathria dichotoma (Lévi, 1963)

Echinoclathria dichotoma is bright red in colour. It grows upright and branches like a tree.The surface is smooth .The oscula are not conspicuous.Tips of branches rounded. This sponge is often colonised by the sponge zoanthid Parazoanthus.

Echinoclathria dichotoma is a filderfeeder.

This sponge is known from the west coast of South Africa to Cape Agulhas. It is endemic to this region.

Synonym:
Ophlitaspongia dichotoma

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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