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07-01-2008, 08:48 AM
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| | | Marine Sponges?
I was wondering if anyone could give their opinion on what these may be. The first was taken at New Brighton on the Wirral at the base of one of the groynes in was about 5inches in diameter. The second attached to a scallop shell was found washed up on the beach taken at Crosby Marine Park on the Sefton coast north of Liverpool. Could they be some sort of marine sponge? They felt soft to the touch. Any ideas appreciated.   |
07-01-2008, 09:07 AM
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| | | Re: Marine Sponges?
The second (not sure if the first is the same) looks like dead men's fingures Alcyonium digitatum, a soft coral, looks a bit different in the water, but looks like that when washed up on the shore |
07-01-2008, 10:09 AM
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| | | Re: Marine Sponges?
They are both Dead Man's Fingers as stated above. If you look closely you can see a faint flower shaped pattern all over the animal - these are where the coral poyps extend from when the colony is feeding.
Jim Greenfield
Last edited by StuartDH; 09-02-2008 at 03:33 PM.
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07-01-2008, 10:23 AM
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| | | Re: Marine Sponges?
That's excellent, thanks to you both! | | |
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