Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Micha Ilan
  • Picture Taken On: 2010-07-11 20:10:35
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: bushy
  • Consistency: tough

Spicule Images: a) Styles II; b) heads and tips of styles; c) oxea II, the most common; d) oxea I; e) ends of oxea II; f) rare styles I; g) acanthomicroxea. 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.