Pleraplysilla sp.  (Sponge)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #16844)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	9 Mile Pt., Sechelt Inlet
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	subtidal, bedrock
Photo Date	May 12, 2011
Upload Date	May 02, 2012
Elevation (m)	-30
Latitude	49.6030555555556
Longitude	-123.789444444444
Photo ID #	16844
Comments	Pleraplysilla sp. White, very thin encrustation with conspicuous peaks that reaches 10 cm in diameter. Identified by Bill Austin from collected specimen. Khoyatan Marine Lab Accession #1184. This is considered to be an undescribed species of Pleraplysilla. Family Dysideidae.