Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Didiscus oxeatus
  • Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 1982-10-27 00:00:00
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: orange-yellow
  • Morphology: lobate, massive
  • Consistency: crumbly

Spicule Images: a) Oxeas I; b) endings of oxea I; c) oxea II; d) magnification of d); e) discorhabds. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia.