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
Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866) - A hymedesmiid sponge (Sponge / Porifera images)
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Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- close-up 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- close-up 2

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- under rock lowershore 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- under rock lowershore 2

Specimen found under a rock on an extra low spring tide, east of St. Michael's Mount causeway at Marazion, Penzance, Cornwall. 01.02.10.

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- spicules 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- spicules / megascleres 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- spicules / acanthostyles 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- spicules / acanthostyles 2

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- spicules / microscleres / arcuate isochelae 1

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- spicules / microscleres / arcuate isochelae 2

Hymedesmiid sponge
Phorbas fictitius
- spicules / microscleres / arcuate isochelae 3

Specimen above found under a rock on the lowershore at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 01.04.18.

This species was kindly identified by Dr. Bernard Picton.

Phorbas fictitius 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.