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.

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Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus
- in container 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus
- in container 2

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus
- in container 3

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus
- spicules 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus
- spicules / 0.1mm div. rule 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus
- spicules / 0.1mm div. rule 2

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus
- spicule / 0.1mm div. rule 1

Sponge above was found on an overhang with rather a lot of the red algae Orkney Bean-weed or Orkney Weed, Lomentaria orcadensis on an extra low water spring (ELWS) tide, north of Skilly, Newlyn, Cornwall, 09.04.20.

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus ?
- under lowershore stone 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus ?
- under lowershore stone 2

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus ?
- close-up 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus ?
- close-up 2

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus ?
- spicules 0.1mm division rule 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus ?
- spicules 0.1mm division rule 2

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus ?
- spicules 0.1mm division rule 3

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas plumosus ?
- habitat 1

The specimen here was found under a rock in a lowershore pool at Little London, Marazion, Cornwall. 11.04.16.

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.