Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Neopetrosia proxima
  • Location: Stirrups Cays, N Berry Islands, Bahamas
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2008-06-03 15:25:02
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: green
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: hard

Spicule Images: a) Oxeas to strongyloxeas; b) ends of spicules. Sample from the Bahamas.

Tissue Images: a) Perpendicular section at the surface; b) tangential view of the ectosome, c) enlargement at the surface; d) enlargement of the subsurface. Sample from the Bahamas.