Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description
A branching-erect, dark brown coloured sponge. The branching is typically irregular, in all planes and rarely fused. The surface of the sponge is bristly with hairs of uniform length which trap particles of silt. This is the only dark brown, branched, bristly sponge which is common, but beware other rarer Raspailia species whose live appearance is currently unknown.
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Distribution
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone, Celtic Seas, European waters (ERMS scope), North East Atlantic, North Sea, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
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Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1
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Van Soest, R.W.M. 1977a. Marine and freshwater sponges (Porifera) of the Netherlands. Zoölogische Mededelingen. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden 50(16): 261-273.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8472
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Topsent, E. 1899. Document sur la faune des Spongiaires des Côtes de Belgique. Arch. Biol., 16: 105-115.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=10078
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Montagu, G. 1818. An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7953
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MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
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Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1421
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Source:
World Register of Marine Species
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Recently known from scattered localities all around the British Isles but apparently absent from the North Sea.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 127 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 18 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 76
Temperature range (°C): 10.938 - 12.270
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.820 - 8.324
Salinity (PPS): 35.218 - 35.352
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.013 - 6.213
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 0.574
Silicate (umol/l): 2.311 - 2.990
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 76
Temperature range (°C): 10.938 - 12.270
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.820 - 8.324
Salinity (PPS): 35.218 - 35.352
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.013 - 6.213
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 0.574
Silicate (umol/l): 2.311 - 2.990
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 18 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 76
Temperature range (°C): 10.938 - 12.270
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.820 - 8.324
Salinity (PPS): 35.218 - 35.352
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.013 - 6.213
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 0.574
Silicate (umol/l): 2.311 - 2.990
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 76
Temperature range (°C): 10.938 - 12.270
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.820 - 8.324
Salinity (PPS): 35.218 - 35.352
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.013 - 6.213
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 0.574
Silicate (umol/l): 2.311 - 2.990
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Common on sublittoral rock and boulders from moderately exposed to sheltered sites with some current.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Raspailia ramosa
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
No available public DNA sequences.
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No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Raspailia ramosa
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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