Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona varians
  • Location: Long Island, Bahamas
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2002-06-11 00:00:00
  • Picture Notes: Individual on the left is Cliona varians; the one on the right is Cliona caribbaea.
  • Color: cinnamon-tan
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: tough

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles (with spiraster at the same scale); b) ends of tylostyles; c) spirasters (anthosigmas). Sample from the Bahamas. Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).