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Researched by | Ruby Nash | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Carter, 1876) | ||
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Chelonaplysilla noevus is a distinctive dark purple, soft and thin encrusting sponge. It has a characteristic net-like arrangement of sand grains on its surface. The osculum (a mouth-like aperture) is wide, slightly raised and conspicuous.
Records of Chelonaplysilla noevus are limited to Wales and Northern Ireland. The North Sea is its type locality.
Chelonaplysilla noevus is rare in western Europe with records in north west France, Italy, the Azores and Cape Verde Islands.
Chelonaplysilla noevus is commonly found on the face of steep or overhanging bedrock.
Larvae of Chelonaplysilla noevus recorded from the Mediterranean (in October) were 0.5 mm long and 0.3 mm wide. They were violet to black in colour and had a posterior crown of long flagella; a lash-like appendage that protrudes from the body (Mariani et al., 2005).
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Carter, H.J., 1876. XX.—Descriptions and figures of deep-sea sponges and their spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S. ‘Porcupine,’ chiefly in 1869 (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 18 (105), 226-240. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937608682035
Mariani, S., Uriz, M.J. & Turon, X., 2005. The dynamics of sponge larvae assemblages from northwestern Mediterranean nearshore bottoms. Journal of Plankton Research, 27 (3), 249-262. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbh173
Picton, B.E., Morrow, C.C. & van Soest, R.W.B., 2011b. Chelonaplysilla noevus (Carter, 1876). [In] Sponges of Britain and Ireland. Available from http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/sponge_guide/ Accessed on 2021-04-22
Van Soest, R., 2021. Chelonaplysilla noevus. Sponges of the NE Atlantic - Marine Species Identification Portal ETI Bioinformatics. (22/04/2021). http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=151
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2023. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2023-03-26
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Last Updated: 27/04/2021