PORIFERA : Poecilosclerida : MicrocionidaeSPONGES

Antho brattegardi van Soest & Stone, 1986


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Antho brattegardi

Description: Antho brattegardi is a yellow encrusting sponge which is a member of the Rathlin Island circalittoral sponge communities. It has been found at several sites around the Irish Sea, in Pembrokeshire and SW Scotland. Elsewhere it is only known from a Norwegian fjord and from a deep-water coral reef near Mingulay, Scotland.

Distribution Map from NBN: Antho brattegardi at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Antho brattegardi at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Antho brattegardi at World Register of Marine Species.

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 Picton, B.E., Keatley, L. & Morrow, C.C. (2026). Antho brattegardi. van Soest & Stone, 1986. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
https://habitas.org/mbdp/species.php?item=C8330. Accessed on 2026-11-01