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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.


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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
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More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-22 20:45:10 

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Stylissa massa (Carter, 1887)

Synonymised names
Auletta celebensis Thiele, 1899 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Axinella massa Carter, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Axinella virgultosa var. massa Carter, 1887 · unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
Hymeniacidon aldis de Laubenfels, 1954 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hymeniacidon aurantium (Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1988) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior homonymy)
Hymeniacidon conulosa (Topsent, 1897) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Hymeniacidon massa (Carter, 1887) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Phakellia conulosa var. mauritiana Dendy, 1922 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Phakellia mauritiana Dendy, 1922 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Stylissa aurantium (Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1988) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stylissa conulosa var. mauritiana (Dendy, 1922) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stylissa digitata var. gracilis (Hentschel, 1912) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stylotella aurantium Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1988 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Stylotella conulosa Topsent, 1897 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Stylotella gracilis Hentschel, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Suberites mollis Kieschnick, 1900 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

External links

  1. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 22.01.2026.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 21.11.2021.

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Sehr haltbarer Schwamm, der sich an lichtarmen Stellen vermehrt und manchmal auch cremefarben ist. Seit über 20 Jahren sind Kolonien davon in meinen Aquarien vertreten.
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