Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2008-06-08 09:09:00
  • Picture Notes: Growing on an Aplysina branch.
  • Color: gray, green
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: soft

Spicule Images: a), c) and e) Strongyles to styloids; b), d) and f) styles to subtylostyles; in sequential enlargement. Sample from the Bahamas.

Tissue Images: a) to c) Cross-section sections of the choanosome. Sample from the Bahamas.