Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2007-06-20 21:41:39
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: lobate
  • Consistency: tough

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

Tissue Images: a) Perpendicular section at the surface; b) magnification of an ascending tract; c) magnification of an interconnecting tract. Sample from the Bahamas.