Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliothosa delitrix
  • Location: Jamaica-Discovery Bay
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2002-08-05
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: tough

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles; b) ends of tylostyles. Sample from Discovery Bay, Jamaica (specimen INV POR1281). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).