Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona flavifodina
  • Location: Colombia-Islas de San Bernardo
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 1982-10-07
  • Picture Notes: Dark papillae belong to Cliona aprica.
  • Color: cinnamon-tan
  • Morphology: papillated
  • Consistency: tough

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles (with a spiraster at the same scale); b) ends of tylostyles; c) spirasters. Sample from Islas de San Bernardo, Colombia (specimen INV POR1319). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).