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Spheciospongia inconstans Cork Sponge

Spheciospongia inconstans is commonly referred to as Cork Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Spheciospongia inconstans,Nouméa, NC-SU, NC 2025


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lexID:
18074 
AphiaID:
170537 
Scientific:
Spheciospongia inconstans 
German:
Kork Schwamm 
English:
Cork Sponge 
Category:
Губки 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Clionaida (Order) > Clionaidae (Family) > Spheciospongia (Genus) > inconstans (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dendy, ), 1887 
Occurrence:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Indo Pacific, New Caledonia, Sri Lanka 
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:
0 - 100 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 
Temperature:
24,6 °F - 29,1 °F (24,6°C - 29,1°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Suspension feeder 
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:
  • Spheciospongia albida
  • Spheciospongia alcyonoides
  • Spheciospongia areolata
  • Spheciospongia australis
  • Spheciospongia capensis
  • Spheciospongia carnosa
  • Spheciospongia confoederata
    Grauer Mondschwamm
  • Spheciospongia congenera
  • Spheciospongia digitata
  • Spheciospongia excentrica
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-21 19:16:49 

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Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887)

Synonymised names
Cliona inconstans (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spheciospongia arndti de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spheciospongia inconstans margaritifera sensu Sivaleela, Immanuel, Kumar & Surendar, 2025 · unaccepted (misapplication and misspelling)
Spheciospongia inconstans var. globosa (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spheciospongia inconstans var. maeandrina (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spirastrella inconstans (Dendy, 1887) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Suberites inconstans Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Suberites inconstans var. globosa Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Suberites inconstans var. maeandrina Dendy, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Direct children (4)
Subspecies Spheciospongia inconstans margaritifera sensu Sivaleela, Immanuel, Kumar & Surendar, 2025 accepted as Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887) (misapplication and misspelling)
Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. digitata (Dendy, 1887) accepted as Spheciospongia digitata (Dendy, 1887) (status change)
Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. globosa (Dendy, 1887) accepted as Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887) (junior synonym)
Variety Spheciospongia inconstans var. maeandrina (Dendy, 1887) accepted as Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887) (junior synonym)

External links

  1. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 21.01.2026.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 21.01.2026.

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Spheciospongia inconstans,Nouméa, NC-SU, NC 2025
Spheciospongia inconstans,Nouméa, NC-SU, NC 2025

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