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