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: 2004-06-21 09:03:56
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: orange-yellow
  • Morphology: massive
  • Consistency: crumbly

Spicule Images: a) Oxeas I; b) style modifications; c) oxea II (acanthoxea); d) magnification of oxea II. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia.

Tissue Images: a) Perpendicular section of the body; b) magnification of the cortex; c) magnification of a pillar supporting the cortex. Sample from the Bahamas.