Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Acanthella cubensis
  • Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2013-10-22 12:00:26
  • Picture Notes: Various morphs with curved style and sinuous strongyle spicules.
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: massive, papillated, spherical
  • Consistency: soft

Spicule Images: a) Curved styles (with one sinous strongyle on the right); b) sinous strongyles. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia.

Tissue Images: a); b) Cross-section of spicule tract endings at the surface; c) view of the choanosome. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia.