Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona amplicavata
  • Location: Panama-Bocas del Toro
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 2012-03-01
  • Picture Notes: This specimen is tentatively placed in this species, as it did not have raphid microscleres.
  • Color: yellow
  • Morphology: papillated
  • Consistency: soft

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles; b) ends of tylostyles. Sample from Bocas del Toro, Panama. Photos by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).