APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

Sponges are extremely complex creatures and very hard to identify in the field with any certainty. Please E-mail to report any mistakes or opinions.

Aplysilla rosea ? - An Encrusting Sponge
Cliona celata - Boring Sponge
Dysidea fragilis ? - An Encrusting Sponge
Grantia compressa - Purse Sponge
Halichondria panicea - Breadcrumb Sponge
Hymeniacidon perlevis (Hymeniacidon perleve) - A Sponge
Leuconia nivea - A Sponge
Oscarella lobularis - A Sponge
Phorbas fictitius ? - An Encrusting Sponge ?
Protosuberites denhartogi ? - An Encrusting Sponge
Pseudosuberites sulphureus ? - An Encrusting Sponge
Suberites ficus - Sea Orange or Sulphur Sponge
Sycon ciliatum - A Sponge
Terpios gelatinosa formerly T. fugax - Blue Sponge

Sponges to Identify

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European Names - Sponges, Schwamme, Sponsen, Eponges, Esponjas, Spugne.

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