Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona flavifodina
  • Location: Colombia-Islas del Rosario
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2001-12-05
  • Picture Notes: Not available
  • Color: white with brown edges
  • Morphology: papillated
  • Consistency: tough

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles (with a spiraster at the same scale); b) ends of tylostyles; c) spirasters. Sample from Islas del Rosario, Colombia (specimen INV POR1320. Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).