Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona peponaca
  • Location: Colombia-San Andrés Archipelago, San Andrés Island
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow ref
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2011-11-26
  • Picture Notes: same specimen as previous photograph, showing excavating tissue (upper substratum removed by hammer and chisel)
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: papillated
  • Consistency: soft

spicules image: a) Tylostyles; b) ends of tylostyles. Sample from San Andrés Island, Colombia (specimen INV POR1331). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).