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
Aplysilla rosea (Barrois, 1876) - An Encrusting sponge (Sponge images)
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Encrusting sponge
Aplysilla rosea
- under rock / lowershore 1

Encrusting sponge
Aplysilla rosea
- under rock / lowershore 2

Encrusting sponge
Aplysilla rosea
- under rock / lowershore 3

Encrusting sponge
Aplysilla rosea
- under rock / lowershore 4

Encrusting sponge
Aplysilla rosea
- under rock / lowershore 5

Encrusting sponge
Aplysilla rosea
- with entoproct Loxosomella 1

Images of this species were taken of it under a rock at extreme low water at Wherry Rocks, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, 06.04.12; at Marazion, 11.03.09; and Little London, 10.10.10; near Penzance, Cornwall.

Aplysilla rosea An Encrusting 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.