MarLIN Gallery

Sponges (Porifera) gallery

Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea at West Hoe, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Adocia cinerea typical morphological form in areas exposed to strong tides and sheltered from wave action. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Adreus fascicularis in typical habitat of sand-covered rocks. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Spiralled form of Axinella infundibuliformis. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Ciocalypta penicillus on course shingle substrata at the north coast of Lundy. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Cliona celata (massive form). Copyright Keith Hiscock	Cliona celata on rock face with Corynactis viridis in the Channel Isles. Copyright Sue Daly	Massive growth of Desmacidon fruticosum sponge. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Axinella subdola. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Suberites species. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Golf ball sponge, Tethya aurantium. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Thymosia guernei in typical habitat on vertical / overhanging rock. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Phakellia ventilabrum. Copyright Erling Svensen	Morphology of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea in tidal rapids. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Pachymatisma johnstonia colony on bryozoan and sponge dominated rocks. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Axinella dissimilis at Stoke Point, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Polymastia boletiformis. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Globular/branching form of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Globular/branching form of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea on rock Copyright JNCC	The axinellid branching sponge Raspailia ramosa. Copyright Keith Hiscock
The sponge Axinella damicornis. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Esperiopsis fucorum. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Phallusia mammillata Copyright Keith Hiscock	Suberites species. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Esperiopsis fucorum. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Suberites carnosus. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Suberites massa. Copyright Peter van Bragt	Hymeniacidon perleve, at Firestone Bay. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Esperiopsis fucorum at Battery Buoy, Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Sulphur sponge with large exhalent oscula. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Sulphur sponge with large exhalent oscula. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Mermaid's glove, Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Raspailia hispida. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Polymastia mamillaris. Copyright Keith Hiscock	The rock boring sponge Cliona celata in a piece of broken rock. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Oscarella lobularis. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Tethya aurantium under overhang. Copyright Judith Oakley	Clump of Sycon ciliatum attached to rock. Copyright Judith Oakley	Tethya aurantium, the golf ball sponge. Copyright Scottish Association for Marine Science
Polymastia spp. and the golf ball sponge Tethya aurantium. Copyright Scottish Association for Marine Science	Polymastia spp. Copyright Scottish Association for Marine Science	Dysidea pallescens, Lough Hyne. Copyright James Bell	Phorbas fictitius highlighting its distinctive honeycomb pattern. Copyright Paul Newland
Typical appearance and habitat of Ciocalypta pencillus on sand-covered rocks at Hilsea Point, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Axinella dissimilis at Stoke Point, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Axinella damicornis at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Axinella damicornis at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Axinella dissimilis at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Ciocalypta penicillus at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Ciocalypta penicillus at Stoke Point, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Close up of Cliona celata at Firestone Bay in Plymouth sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Cliona celata at ca 25 meters depth at Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Cliona celata at Bovisand, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Dysidea fragilis at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Endectyon delaubenfelsi, Plymouth Breakwater in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Encrusting growth form of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Haliclona (Haliclona) oculata at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Hemimycale columella at the Mewstone, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Hymeniacidon perleve on the lower shore at Noss Mayo, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Hymeniacidon perleve on rock at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Hymeniacidon perleve at the entrance to Hooe Lake, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Leucosolenia botryoides at Strome Narrows in Loch Carron, Scotland. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Polymastia boletiformis at Stoke Point, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Hemimycale columella at Hilsea Point Rock, Plymouth. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Suberites ficus at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Tethya aurantium at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock
Tethya aurantium at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Adocia cinerea and Luidia ciliaris on the Mannacles, southwest Cornwall. Copyright Robert Keen	Sycon ciliatum in Lyme Bay, Devon. Copyright Robert Keen	Pachymatisma johnstonia at the Channel Isles. Copyright Sue Daly
Axinella dissimilis with Alcyonium glomeratum on L'Etac, Channel Isles. Copyright Sue Daly	Polymastia boletiformis at Sark. Copyright Paul Newland	Polymastia boletiformis at Sark. Copyright Paul Newland	Polymastia penicillus attached to substrate. Copyright Steve Trewhella
Tethya citrina growing on a cluster of invertebrates. Copyright Steve Trewhella	Hemimycale columella. Copyright Judith Oakley	Axinella dissimilis in a rich marine community. Copyright Keith Hiscock	Clathrina coriacea. Copyright Fiona Crouch
Sycon ciliatum on some kelp. Copyright Fiona Crouch	Encrusting form of Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea. Copyright Judith Oakley	Encrusting Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea surrounded by red seaweed. Copyright Judith Oakley	Pale coloured Ciocalypta penicillus. Copyright Judith Oakley
Hymeniacidon perleve covering barnacles. Copyright Judith Oakley	Hemimycale columella on the side of a boulder. Copyright Judith Oakley	Suberites ficus in a rockpool. Copyright Judith Oakley	Tethya aurantium under an overhang. Copyright Judith Oakley
Hemimycale columella off the Island of Sark. Copyright Paul Newland	a Pachymatisma johnstonia colony Copyright Sue Daly	Cliona celata Copyright Sue Daly	A Haliclona viscosa sponge. Copyright Paul Newland
A Haliclona cinerea sponge. Copyright Paul Newland	Pachymatisma johnstonia growing amongst Alcyonium digitatum. Copyright Gordon Lang	A Polymastia boletiformis colony. Copyright Gordon Lang	Aplidium punctum Copyright Steve Trewhella
Polymastia penicillus Copyright Paul Newland	Biemna variantia amongst jewelled anemones. Copyright Paul Newland	Raspailia ramosa Copyright Paul Newland	Pachymatisma johnstonia sliced by monofilament line Copyright Paul Newland
Suberites ficus Copyright Gordon Lang

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