Pseudosuberites sulphureus (Bean, 1866)

Description: Very thin orange-yellow crust. This sponge forms extensive sheets under intertidal boulders.

Habitat: Usually found beneath intertidal boulders in areas of strong water flow.

Distribution: Shetlands, North Sea coast (Scarborough), SW Ireland, Guernsey, Roscoff.

Key Identification Features:

• Orange-yellow colour
• Extremely thin, less than 1mm thick.

Distribution Map from BioMar data for Ireland - Google Earth map:  download this placemark (not got Google Earth installed?)

Distribution Map from NBN: JNCC MNCR Seasearch data - Grid map : Interactive map : National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.