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Asbestopluma occidentalis
(Sponge)
©
Neil McDaniel
(Photo ID #16040)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Jervis Inlet
Photographer
Neil McDaniel
Habitat
subtidal, bedrock
Photo Date
Upload Date
January 23, 2012
Elevation (m)
-20
UTM Zone #
Latitude
49.7380555555556
UTM Easting
Longitude
-124.036666666667
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
16040
Notes
Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) occidentalis. Pipecleaner sponge. Identified by Bill Austin. This remarkable sponge is a carnivore, trapping tiny crustaceans in the lateral spines which have numerous hook-like spicules on the surface. This species holds the distinction of having the greatest known bathymetric range of any sponge, from -15 m in Howe Sound, British Columbia, to -8,840 m in the central Pacific Ocean. Family Cladorhizidae.
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