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Wandering

Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842)

Status not recordedsponges

The wandering (Suberites ficus) is a species in the family Suberitidae, order Suberitida.

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Quick facts about the wandering

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the wandering live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wandering as introduced in 1 country.

  1. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the wandering endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the wandering classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderSuberitida
  5. familySuberitidae
  6. genusSuberites
  7. SpeciesSuberites ficus (Johnston, 1842)

Synonyms Choanites ficus, Ficulina ficus, Halichondria farinaria, Halichondria ficus, Hymeniacidon ficus, Suberites domuncula var. ficus, Suberites ficus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Fig spongeEnglish
  • Orange fig horny spongeEnglish
  • Orange spongeEnglish
  • Sea orangeEnglish
  • FigensvampDanish
  • KorkschwammGerman
  • éponge figuierFrench
  • ツミイレカイメンJapanese
  • vijgsponsDutch
  • Пробковая губка суберитес фикусRussian
  • FeigenschwammGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wandering

Other species in the same genus Suberites.

CompareWandering vs Sulfur spongeWandering vs Hermit crab spongeWandering vs Fleshy horny spongeWandering vs Walled Suberite-sponge

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the wandering an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wandering as introduced in 1 country: South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the wandering?

The wandering (Suberites ficus) belongs to the family Suberitidae in the order Suberitida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Wandering (Suberites ficus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wandering

MLA

“Wandering (Suberites ficus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wandering.

BibTeX
@misc{wandering_2026,
  title = {Wandering (Suberites ficus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wandering},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}