-agnata-0m.jpg "Raspailia (Parasyringella) agnata")
Glénan Archipelago, France, 15 meters, 2004, WBN
Raspailia (Parasyringella) agnata is an arborescent sponge from 8 to 15 cm in height. The branches are regularly ramified and very often they have a y-shaped tip. The velvety surface is pale yellow.
Many erected species look similar; each have distinctive characteristics:
Axinella damicornis is fan-shaped.
Axinella dissimilis possesses small oscules surrouded by ridules forming a star
Axinella egregia has a rough surface resembling a fur.
Axinella polypoides presents a diameter of the terminal ramifications sligtly tapering.
Raspailia (Parasyringella) agnata It is attached to rocks, boulders and sometimes in cracks from 10 to 40 m deep in the Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel.
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Monde)
Animalia (Règne)
Porifera (Embranchement)
Demospongiae (Classe)
Heteroscleromorpha (Sous-classe)
Axinellida (Ordre)
Raspailiidae (Famille)
Raspailiinae (Sous-famille)
Raspailia (Genre)
Raspailia (Parasyringella) (Sous-genre)
Raspailia (Parasyringella) agnata (Espèce)
Oscule : Opening generally quite visible, through which sponges expel water they have filtered to extract food particles.
Text :Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat © 2004 - 2026.
Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
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Données de distribution : Raspailia (Parasyringella) agnata (Topsent, 1896) in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-07-19.
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Monde)
Animalia (Règne)
Porifera (Embranchement)
Demospongiae (Classe)
Heteroscleromorpha (Sous-classe)
Axinellida (Ordre)
Raspailiidae (Famille)
Raspailiinae (Sous-famille)
Raspailia (Genre)
Raspailia (Parasyringella) (Sous-genre)
Raspailia (Parasyringella) agnata (Espèce)
Oscule : Opening generally quite visible, through which sponges expel water they have filtered to extract food particles.
Text : Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat © 2004 - 2026.
Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Bay-Nouailhat W., avril 2004, Description de Raspailia (Parasyringella) agnata, [En ligne] https://www.mer-littoral.org/uk/02/raspailia-(parasyringella)-agnata.php, consultée le 19 juillet 2026.
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