Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2007-06-16 21:33:59
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: cinnamon-tan
  • Morphology: branching
  • Consistency: hard

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

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