Neofibularia nolitangere Touch-me-not Sponge

Neofibularia nolitangere is commonly referred to as Touch-me-not Sponge. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

7006 

AphiaID:

168323 

Scientific:

Neofibularia nolitangere 

German:

Rühr-mich-nicht-an Schwamm, Brennschwamm 

English:

Touch-me-not Sponge 

Category:

Sienet 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Biemnida (Order) > Biemnidae (Family) > Neofibularia (Genus) > nolitangere (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Duchassaing & Michelotti, ), 1864 

Occurrence:

Belize, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Florida, Greater Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, USA 

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:

2 - 67 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 31.5" (80 cm) 

Temperature:

74.48 °F - 82.4 °F (23.6°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Neofibularia chinensis
• Neofibularia hartmani
• Neofibularia irata
• Neofibularia mordens
• 
  Neofibularia nolitangere
  Rühr-mich-nicht-an Schwamm, Brennschwamm

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-13 15:50:22 

Last edit:

2026-04-14 09:42:06 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Neofibularia nolitangere has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Neofibularia nolitangere in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Neofibularia nolitangere. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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