| PORIFERA : Suberitida : Suberitidae | SPONGES |
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| Protosuberites denhartogi |
Description: Previously recorded as Prosuberites epiphytum. This sponge forms thin translucent yellow-green encrustations beneath boulders and on silty sublittoral rock faces. It has a network of excurrent channels which converge on a few oscules.
Habitat: Beneath boulders in places with wave or tidal stream water movement and in silty sublittoral sites
Distribution: Western coasts of the British Isles.
Key Identification Features:
Distribution Map from NBN: Protosuberites denhartogi at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Protosuberites denhartogi at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
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| Picton, B.E., Keatley, L. & Morrow, C.C. (2026). Protosuberites denhartogi. Soest & de Kluijver, 2003. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://habitas.org/mbdp/species.php?item=C2500. Accessed on 2026-11-01 |