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
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea (Lieberkühn, 1859) - A myxillid sponge (Myxillid sponge / Porifera images)
Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- sponge image 1

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- sponge image 2

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- sponge image 3

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- sponge image 4

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- sponge image 5

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- sponge image 6

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- sponge image 7

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- sponge image 8

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- mucus / slime production 1

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- mucus / slime production 2

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- habitat / location 1

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- habitat / location 2

Spicules

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- spicules under microscope with 0.1mm division rule 1

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- spicules under microscope with 0.1mm division rule 2

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- spicules under microscope with 0.1mm division rule 3

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
- spicules under microscope with 0.1mm division rule 4

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
spatuliferous anchorate chela 1

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
acanthostyle 1

Myxillid sponge
Myxilla (Myxilla) rosacea
surface tornote with three small spines 1

The specimens above were found lining the base and sides of an under-boulder pool, near the low tide mark, on an extra low tide at Sennen Cove, Cornwall, 18.10.20.

The sponge samples were vigorously washed in seawater prior to photography because this species produces large amounts of slime / mucus on being broken or removed from a sample container.

In-situ the sponge was associated with the hydroid Tubularia indivisa.

Myxilla Myxilla rosacea myxillidae myxillid 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.