Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Panama-Bocas del Toro
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2012-03-02 00:00:00
  • Picture Notes: Sample PPA07
  • Color: yellow
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: crumbly

Spicules Image: a) Oxeas; b) ends of spicules. Sample from Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Tissue Image: a) Perpendicular section (surface above); b) enlargement at the surface; c) view of the choanosome. Sample from Bocas del Toro, Panama.