Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Axinella corrugata
  • Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: Not available
  • Picture Notes: Plate II, fig. 2 of Zea (1987), as Teichaxinella burtoni (reproduced here with permission from the Editor).
  • Color: orange-yellow
  • Morphology: bushy
  • Consistency: tough

Spicule Images: Drawings of spicules and of skeleton of specimens from Colombia. a) Spicules of material from Santa Marta, styles I (short), styles II (long), and oxea; b) spicules of material from Gulf of Urabá, styles I (short), styles II (long), and oxea; c) longitudinal section of a lamellae, with the surface on the left (from Zea, 1987, figure 69, as Teichaxinella burtoni).