Stylissa massa mango sponge

Stylissa massa is commonly referred to as mango sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2330 

AphiaID:

165711 

Scientific:

Stylissa massa 

German:

Mango Schwamm 

English:

Mango Sponge 

Category:

Губки 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Scopalinida (Order) > Scopalinidae (Family) > Stylissa (Genus) > massa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Carter, ), 1887 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arafura Sea, Australia, Banda Sea, Christmas Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, the Seychelles 

Sea depth:

0 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Bays, Coral reefs, Hemming reefs, Reef roofs, Reef canopies, Reef slopes, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

25,4 °F - 29,1 °F (25,4°C - 29,1°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Stylissa acanthelloides
• Stylissa caribica
• 
  Stylissa carteri
  Derber Riffschwamm
• Stylissa constricta
• Stylissa conulosa
• Stylissa flabelliformis
• Stylissa flexibilis
• Stylissa haurakii
• Stylissa inflexa
• Stylissa letra
• 
  Stylissa massa
  Mango Schwamm
• Stylissa vernonensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Stylissa sp. 01
  Schwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-07-28 18:34:49 

Last edit:

2026-01-22 20:45:10 

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