Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona caribbaea
  • Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2007-06-22 21:31:14
  • Picture Notes: Externally, this was the specimen most similar to typical Cliona tenuis Zea & Weil, 2003. But from spicules it could not be told apart from C. caribbaea.
  • Color: brown
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: tough