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: 2003-07-14 17:56:03
  • Picture Notes: Upper sponge (lower sponge is P. walpersii). Notice flat lamellae in marquezii vs. more spiny and cylindrical in walpersii.
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: branching
  • Consistency: tough

Spicule Images: Drawings of spicules and of skeleton of a specimens from Santa Marta, Colombia. a) oxea; b) longitudinal section of a lamellae, with the surface on top (from Zea, 1987, figure 68, as Teichaxinella marquezi).