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Characteristics:

This is a cup or fan-shaped sponge with a grey or pale brown color. A pattern of veins are radiating from the stem towards the rim of the fan. The fan may reach a diameter of 50 cm alltough it rarely get thicker than 5-10 mm.

Habitat:

It prefers current exposed locations, deeper than 20 meters. It stands transverse to the dominating current direction to optimize the catch of small organisms flowing by.

Distribution:

P. ventilabrum is well known along the Atlantic coasts of Europe, all the way to the Artic.