APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Cliona celata Grant, 1826 - Yellow Boring Sponge (Sponge / Porifera images)
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Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- massive / raphyrus stage 1

Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- massive / raphyrus stage 2

Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- massive / raphyrus stage 3

Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- massive / raphyrus stage 4

Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- close-up oscular opening 1

Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- retracted inhalent opening 1

Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- red algae around oscule 1

Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- spicules tylostyles / with 0.1mm division rule 1

Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- spicules tylostyles / with 0.1mm division rule 2

Yellow Boring Sponge
Cliona celata
- habitat / location 1

The massive / raphyrus stage above was found on the side of a small water-filled 'man made?' gulley at low water at Meadfoot Beach, Torquay, Devon, 12.07.18.

Scientific and European Names:
Cliona celata, Yellow Boring Sponge, Gelber Bohrschwamm, Boorspons, Clione jaune, Cliona amarilla.

Cliona celata Yellow Boring Sponge Porifera Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.