Sarcotragus spinosulus Marine Sponge

Sarcotragus spinosulus is commonly referred to as Marine Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3964 

AphiaID:

165086 

Scientific:

Sarcotragus spinosulus 

German:

Schwarzer Leder-Hornschwamm Stachel-Lederschwamm 

English:

Marine Sponge 

Category:

Marine Sponges 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Sarcotragus (Genus) > spinosulus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Schmidt, 1862 

Occurrence:

Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Balearic Islands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Corsica, Croatia, Cyprus, European Coasts, France, Greece, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Italy, Madeira, Malta, Montenegro, São Tomé e Principé, Sicilian Sea (Mediterranean), Slovenia, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

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:

1 - 60 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Detritic bottoms, Lagoons, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Unconsolidated muddy grounds, Vegetation zones 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Food specialist, Organic suspended sediment , Phytoplankton, Plankton, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Sarcotragus aliger
• Sarcotragus australis
• Sarcotragus coreanus
• 
  Sarcotragus fasciculatus
  Stinkerschwamm, Krustenlederschwamm
• 
  Sarcotragus foetidus
  Höckriger Lederschwamm
• Sarcotragus gapaensis
• Sarcotragus maraensis
• Sarcotragus myrobalanus
• Sarcotragus pipetta
• 
  Sarcotragus spinosulus
  Schwarzer Leder-Hornschwamm Stachel-Lederschwamm
• Sarcotragus tuberculatus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-12-16 13:28:10 

Last edit:

2026-06-28 19:32:31 

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