page_title: List of sponges of Ireland
section_title: Family Raspailiidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of sponges of Ireland / Class Demospongiae (horny sponges) / Order Axinellida / Family Raspailiidae
caption_attribution_description: English: Raspailia ramosa in Carantec.
context_page_description: There are 290 species of sponges recorded in Ireland, although the true figure is thought to be close to 500; 134 species were recorded off Rathlin Island alone.
  Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera; sessile aquatic animals without true tissues.
caption: Raspailia ramosa
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