Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Little Inagua, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2011-07-28 17:18:10
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: black
  • Morphology: encrusting, tube
  • Consistency: hard

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

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