Ircinia oros Grey Leather Spong, Stinker Sponge

Ircinia oros is commonly referred to as Grey Leather Spong, Stinker Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Ircinia oros,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025

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lexID:: 3617
AphiaID:: 132356

Scientific:: Ircinia oros
German:: Grauer Lederschwamm, Stinkschwamm
English:: Grey Leather Spong, Stinker Sponge

Category:: Губки

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Ircinia (Genus) > oros (Species)
Initial determination:: (Schmidt, ), 1864

Occurrence:: Tunesien, (the) Maldives, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), European Coasts, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
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 - 150 Meter
Habitats:: Gravel soils, Rubble rocks, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns
Size:: 7.87" - 11.81" (20cm - 30cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Plankton, 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:

Ircinia akaroa
Ircinia anomala
Ircinia arbuscula
Ircinia aruensis
Ircinia arundinacea
Ircinia atrovirens
Ircinia aucklandensis
Ircinia cactiformis
Ircinia cactus
Ircinia caliculata
Ircinia campana
Vasenschwamm, Trichterschwamm
Ircinia chevreuxi
Ircinia clavata
Ircinia collectrix
Ircinia condensa
Ircinia conulosa
Ircinia cuspidata
Ircinia cylindracea
Ircinia dendroides
Ircinia dickinsoni
Ircinia digitata
Ircinia echinata
Ircinia ectofibrosa
Ircinia favosa
Ircinia felix
Oranger Bohrschwamm, Stink-Schwamm
Ircinia filamentosa
Ircinia fistulosa
Ircinia flagelliformis
Ircinia friabilis
Ircinia fusca
Ircinia hummelincki
Ircinia intertexta
Ircinia irregularis
Ircinia lendenfeldi
Ircinia marginalis
Ircinia microconulosa
Ircinia mutans
Ircinia novaezealandiae
Ircinia oligoceras
Ircinia oros
Grauer Lederschwamm, Stinkschwamm
Ircinia pauciarenaria
Ircinia paucifilamentosa
Ircinia paupera
Ircinia pellita
Ircinia pilosa
Ircinia pinna
Ircinia procumbens
Ircinia ramodigitata
Ircinia ramosa
Ircinia rectilinea
Ircinia repens
Ircinia reteplana
Ircinia retidermata
Ircinia rubra
Ircinia schulzei
Ircinia selaginea
Ircinia sergipana
Ircinia solida
Ircinia spiculosa
Ircinia stipitata
Ircinia strobilina
Grauer Ballschamm, Schwarzer Ballschwamm
Ircinia subaspera
Ircinia tintinnabula
Ircinia tristis
Ircinia truncata
Ircinia tuberosa
Ircinia turrita
Ircinia undulans
Ircinia vallata
Ircinia variabilis
Krustenlederschwamm, Stinkerschwamm
Ircinia vestibulata
Ircinia wistarii

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-04-09 10:01:25
Last edit:: 2025-10-11 20:17:25

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Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864)

Ircinia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Irciniidae.

Synonymised names
Hircinia (Euricinia) variabilis var. oros Schmidt, 1864 · unaccepted
Hircinia oros Schmidt, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Hircinia variabilis var. oros Schmidt, 1864 · unaccepted

External links

researchgate.net (en). Abgerufen am 11.10.2025.
tb.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 11.10.2025.

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