Description: Giant carniverous club sponge Item Type: Image Title: Giant club sponge Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Chondrocladia gigantea Behaviour: Attached to seafloor. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- TornadoNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Tornado Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1050 Latitude: 60 deg 33' 44" N Longitude: 4 deg 27' 23" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: benthic Rig: Stena Carron Project Partners: OMV, Oceaneering, Stena ROV: Magnum 156 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 21 December 2009
Description: A specimen has earlier been taken at about 60°N, 5°E, about 1140 m. Otherwise, the species is distributed at large depths in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea.
Carniverous. Item Type: Image Title: Sponge Cladorhiza gelida Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Cladorhiza gelida Behaviour: Attached to seafloor. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- TornadoNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Tornado Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1050 Latitude: 60 deg 33' 44" N Longitude: 4 deg 27' 23" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: benthic Rig: Stena Carron Project Partners: OMV, Oceaneering, Stena ROV: Magnum 156 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 21 December 2009
Description: Digital still collected as part of CODEMAP Item Type: Image Copyright: CODEMAP Species: Hymedesmia Site: Atlantic -- Rockall Bank Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 217 Latitude: 57 deg 57' 09" N Longitude: 13 deg 58' 41" W Habitat: Bank Rig: RRS James Cook ROV: SeaEye Lynx Deposited By: Ms Katleen Robert Deposited On: 03 October 2013
These are torn sponge fragments. Myxilla incrustans is yellow and Mycale adhaerens is purple. Note the more stringy appearance of the Mycale. Scale is millimeters. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2005.
Mycale adhaerens is not limited to growing on scallops. The sponge shown below is often found growing in Padilla Bay near March Point June 2006. It is tan with yellowish parts when fresh and quickly fades to all tan after being collected. According to the spicules and growth form this is also Mycale adhaerens.
Mycale adhaerens sponges of different hues on Chlamys hastata scallops. The scallop on the right also has a Myxilla incrustans sponge growing on the lower valve (not visible). Collected at 15 m depth, Coffin Rocks. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2005)