Inflatella belli

Common name - Knob sponge

Grows as distinctive yellow or brown spheres with large trumpet-shaped papillae. The sponge reaches up to 50cm diameter.

Tedania (Tedaniopsis) massa

Tedania (Tedaniopsis) charcoti

Stylocordyla borealis

Common name - Antarctic lollipop sponge

White or orange head, either spherical or oblong, on a smooth, long, slender stalk. The head is up to 2.5 cm diameter and the entire sponge grows up to 20cm high.

Polymastia invaginata

Common name - Cone sponge

Greenish grey to yellow. Hemispherical and bristly with one or two large conical papillae which contract when disturbed. The sponge reaches a diameter of up to 11cm.

Phorbas glaberrimus

Odontaster validus

Odontaster validus is the commonest and most abundant sea star inhabiting the shallow environment around the Antarctic continent (Dearborn, 1977; McClintock et al., 1988).

Tetilla leptoderma