Acanthella acuta Orange Prickly-Sponge

Acanthella acuta is commonly referred to as Orange Prickly-Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 6066
AphiaID:: 132455

Scientific:: Acanthella acuta
German:: Oranger Stachelschwamm, Kaktusschwamm
English:: Orange Prickly-Sponge

Category:: Sponzen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Bubarida (Order) > Dictyonellidae (Family) > Acanthella (Genus) > acuta (Species)
Initial determination:: Schmidt, 1862

Occurrence:: Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, Corsica, European Coasts, France, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa
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:: 10 - 350 Meter
Habitats:: Coralline soils, coral quarry, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns, Grottoes
Size:: 3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: No reliable information available, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown