Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2003-07-16 13:27:46
  • Picture Notes: The lobe underneath the sponge, also orange, is a sponge of the genus Agelas.
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: massive, tube
  • Consistency: tough

Spicule Images: a) Oxeas I; b) heads and tips of oxea I; c) oxea II (acanthoxea); d) magnification of oxea II. Sample from the Bahamas.