A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Marine Invertebrates (Sea Firs and Sponges)

Sea Firs, Corals and Jellyfish (Coelenterata)

Sea Firs - Hydroids (Hydrozoa)

Sea-fir (Dynamena pumila) ?     close-up
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Black Rock, Lynher Estuary, Saltash, Cornwall.
10.09.05 (Public Location)

Sponges (Porifera)

Encrusting Sponges

Blue Sponge (Terpios fugax)     close-up
Lowershore, under stone. Marlin Low Tide Safari, Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon. 01.04.06 (Public Location)

Breadcrumb Sponge (Halichrondria panicea) ?
Low water mark. Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve), Point Field, Saltash, Cornwall.
03.09.05 (Public Location)

Breadcrumb Sponge - (Halichondria panicea) ?     close-up
Extreme Lowershore. Tinside, Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon. 02.03.06 (Public Location)

Sponge (Hymeniacidon perleve) ?
Lowershore. South of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon. 18.10.05 (Public Location)

Sponges to identify -

Sponge - Mount Batten - 1
Lowershore. North of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon. 06.10.05 (Public Location)

Sponge - Mount Batten - 2
Lowershore. North of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon. 06.10.05 (Public Location)

Sponge - 3
Washed up on high tide mark. Downderry Beach, Cornwall. 17.01.06 (Public Location)

Sponge - 4     close-up
Lowershore. Henn Point, Saltash, Cornwall. 29.03.06 (Public Location)

Also see Rockpooling around Plymouth