Christian Coudre, Frankreich
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(Hancock, 1849)
The sponge has an attractive red or orange-yellow coloration and it is very often found in empty mussel shells and snail shells.
However, it should be noted that the sponge is quite destructive, which it can take over substrate occupied by corals by a chemical attack. For this reason we would rather not recommend keeping it in a reef aquarium.
However, the aggressiveness of this sponge is to be classified less than with Cliona celata.
The sponge itself does not grow much more than one centimeter high and has a smooth surface structure, but under good conditions it reaches a diameter of up to 100 cm and usually colonizes depths of up to 20 meters, but has been found at depths of over 600 meters.
Synonyms:
Archaeocliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878
Cliona canadensis Hancock, 1849 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Cliona corallinoides Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
Cliona gracilis Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
Cliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878 (junior synonym)
Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 (genus transfer)
Pione canadensis (Hancock, 1849) (junior synonym)
Pione corallinoides (Hancock, 1849) (junior synonym)
Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Vioa incarnata Uljanin, 1872 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Vioa vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (genus transfer)
The sponge has an attractive red or orange-yellow coloration and it is very often found in empty mussel shells and snail shells.
However, it should be noted that the sponge is quite destructive, which it can take over substrate occupied by corals by a chemical attack. For this reason we would rather not recommend keeping it in a reef aquarium.
However, the aggressiveness of this sponge is to be classified less than with Cliona celata.
The sponge itself does not grow much more than one centimeter high and has a smooth surface structure, but under good conditions it reaches a diameter of up to 100 cm and usually colonizes depths of up to 20 meters, but has been found at depths of over 600 meters.
Synonyms:
Archaeocliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878
Cliona canadensis Hancock, 1849 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Cliona corallinoides Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
Cliona gracilis Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849 (junior synonym)
Cliona pontica Czerniavsky, 1878 (junior synonym)
Cliona vastifica Hancock, 1849 (genus transfer)
Pione canadensis (Hancock, 1849) (junior synonym)
Pione corallinoides (Hancock, 1849) (junior synonym)
Vioa grantii Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Vioa incarnata Uljanin, 1872 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Vioa vastifica (Hancock, 1849) (genus transfer)
