Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Colombia-Islas del Rosario
  • Habitat: rocky shore-shallow reef
  • Photographer: N/A
  • Picture Taken On: 1998-03-07
  • Picture Notes: Specimen INV POR1337 (C-POR239), PARATYPE
  • Color: cinnamon-tan, reddish-brown channels
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: crumbly

Spicules image: a) Oxeas. Sample from Islas del Rosario, Colombia (specimen INV POR1337, Paratype). Photos and image composition by Jaime Andrés Ríos (U. Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá campus).

Tissue image: a) Perpendicular section (surface above); b) enlargement of the choanosome c) tangential view of the ectosome. Sample from Islas del Rosario, Colombia (specimen INV POR1337, Paratype). Photos and image composition by Jaime Andrés Ríos (U. Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá campus).