Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Calyx podatypa
  • Location: Bocas del Toro, Panama
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2012-08-15 00:00:00
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: brown, cinnamon-tan
  • Morphology: encrusting, massive
  • Consistency: crumbly

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

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