Species Gallery (Demospongiae)
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Adreus fascicularis in typical habitat of sand-covered rocks.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Amphilectus fucorum at Battery Buoy, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Amphilectus fucorum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Amphilectus fucorum.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The sponge Axinella damicornis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Axinella damicornis at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Axinella damicornis at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Axinella dissimilis at Stoke Point, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Axinella dissimilis at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Axinella dissimilis at Stoke Point, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Axinella dissimilis in a rich marine community.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Axinella dissimilis with Alcyonium glomeratum on L'Etac, Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Spiralled form of Axinella infundibuliformis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ciocalypta penicillus on course shingle substrata at the north coast of Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ciocalypta penicillus at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ciocalypta penicillus at Stoke Point, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pale coloured Ciocalypta penicillus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Typical appearance and habitat of Ciocalypta pencillus on sand-covered rocks at Hilsea Point, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Cliona celata (massive form).
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Cliona celata
Copyright: Sue Daly
Cliona celata at Bovisand, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Cliona celata at ca 25 meters depth at Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Cliona celata on rock face with Corynactis viridis in the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Cliona celata on the side of a boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Cliona celata.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Close up of Cliona celata at Firestone Bay in Plymouth sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The rock boring sponge Cliona celata in a piece of broken rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Massive growth of Desmacidon fruticosum sponge.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Dysidea fragilis at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea at West Hoe, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Encrusting Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea surrounded by red seaweed.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Encrusting form of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Encrusting growth form of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Globular/branching form of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea on rock
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Globular/branching form of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Morphology of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea in tidal rapids.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Mermaid's glove, Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A Haliclona (Reniera) cinerea sponge.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Hemimycale columella off the Island of Sark.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Hemimycale columella at the Mewstone, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Homaxinella subdola.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hymeniacidon perlevis, at Firestone Bay.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hymeniacidon perlevis at the entrance to Hooe Lake, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hymeniacidon perlevis covering barnacles.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Hymeniacidon perlevis on rock at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Hymeniacidon perlevis on the lower shore at Noss Mayo, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pachymatisma johnstonia colony on bryozoan and sponge dominated rocks.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Pachymatisma johnstonia
Copyright: Sue Daly
Pachymatisma johnstonia at the Channel Isles.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Pachymatisma johnstonia growing amongst Alcyonium digitatum.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Pachymatisma johnstonia sliced by monofilament line
Copyright: Paul Newland
Phakellia ventilabrum.
Copyright: Erling Svensen
Polymastia boletiformis at Stoke Point, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Polymastia boletiformis at Sark.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Polymastia boletiformis at Sark.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Polymastia boletiformis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A Polymastia boletiformis colony.
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Polymastia mamillaris.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
The branching sponge Raspailia hispida
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Raspailia ramosa the chocolate finger sponge taken by Dr Keith Hiscock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Stelligera stuposa taken by Dr Keith Hiscock
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Suberites carnosus.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Suberites species.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Suberites species.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Suberites ficus
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Suberites ficus at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Suberites ficus in a rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Sulphur sponge with large exhalent oscula.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Sulphur sponge with large exhalent oscula.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Suberites massa.
Copyright: Peter van Bragt
Tethya aurantium, the golf ball sponge.
Copyright: Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
Tethya aurantium at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tethya aurantium at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Tethya aurantium under an overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Tethya aurantium under overhang.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Golf ball sponge, Tethya aurantium.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
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