Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Axinella corrugata
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Scott Nichols
  • Picture Taken On: 2007-06-15 21:28:27
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: bushy
  • 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 the body (external surface on the left); b) magnification of the choanosome; c) magnification at the surface. Sample from the Bahamas.