Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
  • Picture Taken On: 2010-07-11 19:52:15
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: tube
  • Consistency: soft

Spicule Images: a) Curved styles; b) sinuous strongyles. Sample from the Bahamas.

Tissue Images: a); b) Cross-section of a tube showing (outer side on the left of a, inner side on the right of b); c) detail of the surface. Sample from the Bahamas.