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.

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lexID:

3617 

AphiaID:

132356 

Scientific:

Ircinia oros 

German:

Grauer Lederschwamm, Stinkschwamm 

English:

Grey Leather Spong, Stinker Sponge 

Category:

Sienet 

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) 

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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
• Alle anzeigen

 

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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