Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Colombia-San Andrés and Providencia Archipelago-Serrana Bank
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 1995-05-14 00:00:00
  • Picture Notes: Specimen INV POR1334 (PSA083), PARATYPE
  • Color: cinnamon-tan, purple-violet
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: soft

Spicules image: a) Oxeas. Sample from Serrana Bank, San Andrés Archipelago, Colombia (specimen INV POR1334, Paratype). Image composition (SEM photos) by Jaime Andrés Ríos (U. Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá campus).

Tissue images: a) Perpendicular section (surface above); b), c) enlargement of the choanosome. Sample from Serrana Bank, San Andrés Archipelago, Colombia (specimen INV POR1334, Paratype. Photos and image composition by Jaime Andrés Ríos (U. Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá campus).