PORIFERA : Suberitida : SuberitidaeSPONGES

Protosuberites denhartogi Soest & de Kluijver, 2003


Protosuberites denhartogi image: b09_4890
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:

  • Thin yellow translucent crust
  • Typical shore species
  • Pattern of branching of excurrent channels

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