Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Axinella ?pomponiae
  • Location: Goulding Cay, New Providence, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2010-07-13 15:40:02
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: branching
  • Consistency: tough

Spicule Images: a) Styles II; b) styles I; c) ends of styles I; d) ends of oxea; e) oxea. Sample from the Bahamas.

Tissue Images: a) Longitudinal section of a branch (external surface on the left); b) magnification at the surface; c) magnification of the choanosome. Sample from the Bahamas.