Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2011-07-21 21:38:32
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: yellow
  • Morphology: fan, lobate
  • 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.