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
Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jecusculum (Bowerbank, 1866) - A hymedesmiid sponge (Porifera images)
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Hymedesmiid sponge
Hymedesmia jecusculum
- side of gulley / lowershore 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Hymedesmia jecusculum
- side of gulley / lowershore 2

Hymedesmiid sponge
Hymedesmia jecusculum
- base of rock / lowershore 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Hymedesmia jecusculum
- in water / lowershore 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Hymedesmia jecusculum
- in water / lowershore 2

Specimens above found at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 07.04.12; also at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 05.04.12.

This species was originally identified by Dr. P. Gainey by examination of spicules.

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) jecusculum (Bowerbank, 1866) syn. Hymedesmia jecusculum and Hymeniacidon jecusculum.

Hymedesmia jecusculum encrusting hymedesmiidae hymedesmiid 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.