Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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(Montagu, 1814)
Hymeniacidon perlevis is one of the most common types on the western European coasts.
The sponge has an irregular but very smooth surface.
It forms flat shapes, pillows and upright growing, nodular to conical structures and contains symbiotic algae in the surface layers.
The sponge can be found on stones, rocks, and various clams.
On and in the sponge live nematodes, annelids, crustaceans and amphipods, copepods Bradypontius papillatus (T. Scott, 1888) and Asterocheres faroensis Crescenti Baviera & Zaccone, 2010 parasitize the sponge.
Color: yellow to orange to blood-red, subtidal forms are usually pink to red, coastal sponges are mostly blood-red.
Host of the copepods Bradypontius papillatus (Scott T., 1888)
Asterocheres faroensis Crescenti, Baviera & Zaccone, 2010
Synonyms:
Axinella cristagalli Maas, 1894
Halichondria macularis Johnston, 1846
Hymeniacidon aurea (Montagu, 1814)
Hymeniacidon caruncula Bowerbank, 1858
Hymeniacidon consimilis Bowerbank, 1866
Hymeniacidon mammeata Bowerbank, 1866
Hymeniacidon perleve (Montagu, 1814)
Hymeniacidon sanguinea (Grant, 1826)
Hymeniacidon virgulata Bowerbank, 1882
Isodictya uniformis Bowerbank, 1866
Polymastia mammeata (Bowerbank, 1866)
Raphiodesma simplisissima Bowerbank, 1874
Reniera uniformis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Spongia aurea Montagu, 1814
Spongia perlevis Montagu, 1814
Spongia sanguinea Grant, 1826
Hymeniacidon uniformis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Stylotella uniformis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Hymeniacidon perlevis is one of the most common types on the western European coasts.
The sponge has an irregular but very smooth surface.
It forms flat shapes, pillows and upright growing, nodular to conical structures and contains symbiotic algae in the surface layers.
The sponge can be found on stones, rocks, and various clams.
On and in the sponge live nematodes, annelids, crustaceans and amphipods, copepods Bradypontius papillatus (T. Scott, 1888) and Asterocheres faroensis Crescenti Baviera & Zaccone, 2010 parasitize the sponge.
Color: yellow to orange to blood-red, subtidal forms are usually pink to red, coastal sponges are mostly blood-red.
Host of the copepods Bradypontius papillatus (Scott T., 1888)
Asterocheres faroensis Crescenti, Baviera & Zaccone, 2010
Synonyms:
Axinella cristagalli Maas, 1894
Halichondria macularis Johnston, 1846
Hymeniacidon aurea (Montagu, 1814)
Hymeniacidon caruncula Bowerbank, 1858
Hymeniacidon consimilis Bowerbank, 1866
Hymeniacidon mammeata Bowerbank, 1866
Hymeniacidon perleve (Montagu, 1814)
Hymeniacidon sanguinea (Grant, 1826)
Hymeniacidon virgulata Bowerbank, 1882
Isodictya uniformis Bowerbank, 1866
Polymastia mammeata (Bowerbank, 1866)
Raphiodesma simplisissima Bowerbank, 1874
Reniera uniformis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Spongia aurea Montagu, 1814
Spongia perlevis Montagu, 1814
Spongia sanguinea Grant, 1826
Hymeniacidon uniformis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Stylotella uniformis (Bowerbank, 1866)
