Encrusting sponge (Ophlitaspongia papilla) on intertidal rocks exposed on a low spring tide, Cornwall, UK, April.

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Location: Trebarwith Beach, Unnamed Rd, Tintagel, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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