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.

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Encrusting sponge
Dysidea pallescens ?
- in-situ close-up 1

Encrusting sponge
Dysidea pallescens ?
- in-situ close-up 2

Encrusting sponge
Dysidea pallescens ?
- in-situ at base of ledge 1

Encrusting sponge
Dysidea pallescens ?
- in-situ at base of ledge 2

Specimen above was fond at the base of a ledge on an extra low water spring tide at Albert Pier reef, Penzance, Cornwall, 11.03.20.

Encrusting sponge
Dysidea pallescens ?
- close-up 1

Encrusting sponge
Dysidea pallescens ?
- close-up 2

Encrusting sponge
Dysidea pallescens ?
- with Acasta spongites 1

Encrusting sponge
Dysidea pallescens ?
- on rock sample 1

Specimen found on the north facing edge of a gulley near the low water mark on an extreme low tide, at Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall. 09.04.16.

The barnacle, Acasta spongites, sometimes called the Sponge barnacle, which is associated with Dysidea fragilis was also present and frequent in the piece of Dysidea pallescens sampled.

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.