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.
Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818) - Goosebump sponge (Sponge images)
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Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- with Acasta spongites 1
Dysidea fragilis
- with Acasta spongites 1
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- with Acasta spongites 2
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- with Acasta spongites 3
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- under rock / lowershore 1
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- under rock / lowershore 2
Images of this species were taken of it under a rock at extreme low water at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall. It was found with Acasta spongites at Albert Pier reef, Penzance, Cornwall. 11.02.13.
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- under fiberglass sheet 1
Specimen above found under a sheet of fiberglass on an extra low spring tide at Helford, Cornwall. 08.04.16.
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- under submerged ledge 1
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- under submerged ledge 2
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- under submerged ledge 3
Specimen above found under a small submerged ledge beyond the low tide mark at Battery Rocks, Cornwall, 25.07.17.
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- parenchymella larva 1
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- parenchymella larvae 1
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- larvae undermicroscope 1
Goosebump sponge
Dysidea fragilis
- larvae 0.1mm division rule 1
Five parenchymella larvae were found on a piece of the sponge Dysidea fragilis, when it was examined under a microscope. The larvae were found on the sponge which was found in a crevice on the lowershore at Little London, near Marazion, Cornwall. 22.08.16. The larvae were excited and swam actively when illuminated. Thanks to Dr. Allen Collins of the Smithsonian museum of Natural History for identifying the larvae.
The barnacle, Acasta spongites, sometimes called the Sponge barnacle is associated with Dysidea fragilis and may be found with it.
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.