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Agelas conifera Brown Tube Sponge

Agelas conifera is commonly referred to as Brown Tube Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Agelas conifera,Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands 2025


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lexID:
3732 
AphiaID:
164824 
Scientific:
Agelas conifera 
German:
Brauner Röhrenschwamm 
English:
Brown Tube Sponge 
Category:
Губки 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Agelasida (Order) > Agelasidae (Family) > Agelas (Genus) > conifera (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Schmidt, ), 1870 
Occurrence:
Barbados, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Honduras, Jamaica, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, Venezuela 
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:
9 - 12 Meter 
Habitats:
Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
3.94" - 19.69" (10cm - 50cm) 
Temperature:
26,1 °F - 28,1 °F (26,1°C - 28,1°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, No reliable information available, Plankton 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-07-23 12:48:00 

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Agelas conifera (Schmidt, 1870)

Agelas conifera, also known as the brown tube sponge, is a species of sponge. Its color is brown, tan, or greyish brown with a lighter interior. It is common in the Caribbean and Bahamas, and occasional in Florida.

Synonymised names
Chalinopsis conifera Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 23.07.2024.
  2. treatment.plazi (en). Abgerufen am 23.07.2024.

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Agelas conifera,Kralendijk,Bonaire, BQ 2025
Agelas conifera,Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands 2025

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