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Chondrilla nucula Leather Sponge, Chicken Liver Sponge

Chondrilla nuculais commonly referred to as Leather Sponge, Chicken Liver Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
3222 
AphiaID:
134110 
Scientific:
Chondrilla nucula 
German:
Glänzender Lederschwamm 
English:
Leather Sponge, Chicken Liver Sponge 
Category:
Marine Sponges 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Chondrillida (Order) > Chondrillidae (Family) > Chondrilla (Genus) > nucula (Species) 
Initial determination:
Schmidt, 1862 
Occurrence:
Belize, Brazil, Cuba, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), Red Sea, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles 
Sea depth:
3 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 5.91" (15 cm) 
Temperature:
24,5 °F - 28,2 °F (24,5°C - 28,2°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Chondrilla acanthastra
  • Chondrilla acantholepis
  • Chondrilla ambigua
  • Chondrilla aspera
  • Chondrilla australiensis
  • Chondrilla bosseana
  • Chondrilla brevirostris
  • Chondrilla canescens
  • Chondrilla caribensis
  • Chondrilla chondrilloides
 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-10-07 15:18:22 

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Chondrilla nucula is a sea sponge belonging to the Phylum Porifera. While it is highly toxic to fish, it is known to be preyed upon by the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata.

Synonym: Chondrilla embolophora Schmidt, 1862

Scientific paper

  1. Sponge-specific Bacterial Association of the Mediterranean Sponge Chondrilla nucula (Demospongiae, Tetractinomorpha), Vera Thiel, Sven Leininger, Rolf Schmaljohann, Franz Brümmer and Johannes F. Imhoff, 2007
  2. Sponge-specific Bacterial Associations of the Mediterranean SpongeChondrilla nucula(Demospongiae, Tetractinomorpha), Vera Thiel; Sven Leininger; Rolf Schmaljohann; Franz Brümmer; Johannes F. Imhoff, 2007
  3. Glycohistochemistry of a marine sponge,Chondrilla nucula(Porifera, Desmospongiae), with remarks on a possibly related antimicrobial defense strategy and a note on exopinacoderm function, W. Meyer; M. Sidri; F. Brümmer, 2006
  4. Sponge-specific bacterial symbionts in the Caribbean sponge,Chondrilla nucula(Demospongiae, Chondrosida), Malcolm Hill; April Hill; Nora Lopez; Olivia Harriott, 2006
  5. First Observations on Egg Release in the Oviparous Sponge Chondrilla nucula (Demospongiae, Chondrosida, Chondrillidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, Marzia Sidri, Martina Milanese and Franz Bümmer, 2005
  6. The marine sponge Chondrilla nucula Schmidt, 1862 as an elective candidate for bioremediation in integrated aquaculture, Martina Milanese; Elisabetta Chelossi; Renata Manconi; Antonio Sarà; Marzia Sidri; Roberto Pronzato, 2003
  7. 5,9,23-Triacontatrienoic methyl ester, an elastase inhibitor from the marine spongeChondrilla nucula, Michèle Meyer; Michèle Guyot, 2002
  8. The Galactose-Specific Lectin from the Sponge Chondrilla Nucula Displays Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Activity in vitro via Stimulation of the (2'-5')Oligoadenylate Metabolism, Schroder, H. C.; Kljaji , Z.; Weiler, B. E.; Gasi , M.; Uhlenbruck, G.; Kurelec, B.; Muller, W. E. G. , 1990
  9. Identification of 5,9-hexadecadienoic acid in the marine spongeChondrilla nucula, Nestor M. Carballeira; Lilliam Maldonado, 1986
  10. 5,9,23-triacontatrienoic acid, principal fatty acid of the marine spongeChondrilla nucula, Carter Litchfield; John Tyszkiewicz; Virginia Dato, 1980

External links

  1. NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (en). Abgerufen am 07.10.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.10.2020.

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