Axinella polypoides Sponge

Axinella polypoides is commonly referred to as Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

3855 

AphiaID:

132487 

Scientific:

Axinella polypoides 

German:

Geweihschwamm 

English:

Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Axinellida (Order) > Axinellidae (Family) > Axinella (Genus) > polypoides (Species) 

Initial determination:

Schmidt, 1862 

Occurrence:

the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Size:

up to 27.56" (70 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Axinella acanthelloides
• Axinella alba
• Axinella alborana
• Axinella amorpha
• Axinella anamesa
• Axinella antarctica
• Axinella arborescens
• Axinella arctica
• Axinella aruensis
• Axinella australiensis
• Axinella babici
• Axinella badungensis
• Axinella balinensis
• Axinella bidderi
• Axinella blanca
• Axinella brondstedi
• Axinella bubarinoides
• 
  Axinella cannabina
  Mittelmeer-Geweihschwamm
• Axinella centrotylota
• Axinella ceylonensis
• Axinella cinnamomea
• Axinella clathrata
• Axinella columna
• Axinella convexa
• Axinella copiosa
• Axinella cornua
• 
  Axinella corrugata
  Schwamm
• Axinella crassa
• 
  Axinella crinita
  Hornschwamm
• Axinella cylindratus
• 
  Axinella damicornis
  Lamellen-Geweihschwamm
• Axinella digitiformis
• Axinella dissimilis
• Axinella donnani
• Axinella dragmaxioides
• Axinella egregia
• Axinella elegans
• Axinella estacioi
• Axinella flabelloreticulata
• Axinella flustra
• Axinella globula
• Axinella guiteli
• Axinella halichondrioides
• Axinella hispida
• Axinella incrustans
• 
  Axinella infundibuliformis
  Gemeiner Schwamm
• Axinella kirki
• Axinella labyrinthica
• Axinella lamellata
• Axinella lesueuri
• Axinella lifouensis
• Axinella loribellae
• Axinella macrostyla
• Axinella mahonensis
• Axinella manus
• Axinella massalis
• Axinella meandroides
• Axinella meloniformis
• Axinella minor
• Axinella minuta
• Axinella natalensis
• Axinella parva
• Axinella perlucida
• Axinella pilifera
• Axinella plumosa
• Axinella polycapella
• 
  Axinella polypoides
  Geweihschwamm
• Axinella pomponiae
• Axinella profunda
• Axinella proliferans
• Axinella pseudominuta
• Axinella pumila
• Axinella pyramidata
• Axinella quercifolia
• Axinella richardsoni
• Axinella rugosa
• Axinella salicina
• Axinella setosa
• Axinella shoemakeri
• Axinella sinoxea
• Axinella solenoeides
• Axinella spatula
• Axinella symbiotica
• Axinella tenuidigitata
• Axinella tenuis
• Axinella torquata
• Axinella trichophora
• Axinella vaceleti
• Axinella vasonuda
• Axinella vellerea
• Axinella ventilabrum
• Axinella vermiculata
• 
  Axinella verrucosa
  Lamellengeweihschwamm,Glatter Geweihschwamm
• Axinella villosa
• Axinella waltonsmithi
• Axinella weltnerii
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Axinella sp.01
  Schwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-10-02 08:37:40 

Last edit:

2011-10-02 08:37:40 

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