Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliothosa delitrix
  • Location: Colombia-Santa Marta
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 1982-05-18
  • Picture Notes: ni image notes
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: papillated
  • Consistency: soft

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles (with spiraster at the same scale); b) ends of tylostyles; c) spirasters. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia (specimen INV POR1274). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).