219 species founded

• 5101

  

  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.

• 5056

  

  Tedania (Tedaniopsis) massa

• 5052

  

  Tedania (Tedaniopsis) charcoti

• 5026

  

  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.

• 5000

  

  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.

• 4995

  

  Phorbas glaberrimus

• 4984

  

  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).

• 4978

  

  Tetilla leptoderma