Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2011-07-18 05:35:03
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: orange-yellow
  • Morphology: branching, bushy
  • Consistency: tough

Spicule Images: a) Oxea with rugose ends; b) ends of oxea. Sample from the Bahamas.

Tissue Images: a) Longitudinal section of the body; b) magnification at the surface; c) magnification of the choanosome. Sample from the Bahamas.