Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Great Inagua, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Jan Vicente
  • Picture Taken On: 2011-07-28 06:03:37
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: yellow
  • Morphology: branching
  • Consistency: tough

Spicule Images: a), b) Strongyles at two different magnifications, with thinner, developmental stages tending to be oxeote; c) endings of spicules. Sample from the Bahamas.

Tissue Images: a) Perpendicular section at the surface; b) view at the surface; c) view of the deeper choanosome. Sample from the Bahamas.