Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Svenzea zeai
  • Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Joseph Pawlik
  • Picture Taken On: 2003-07-15 11:47:21
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: brown
  • Morphology: massive, tube
  • Consistency: crumbly

Spicule Images: a), c) Styles to styloids at two different magnifications; b), d) oxea at two different magnifications; e) ends of spicules. Sample from Islas del Rosario, Colombia.

Tissue Images: a) Perpendicular section at the surface (dark granular cells appear to have been lost in the upper surface); b) view at the surface; c) enlargement of the choanosome; d) tangential view of the ectosome. Sample from Islas del Rosario, Colombia.