Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Location: Colombia-Santa Marta
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: Sven Zea
  • Picture Taken On: 1982-05-19
  • Picture Notes: Specimen INV POR1335 (PSM206), PARATYPE
  • Color: brown
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: soft

Spicules image: a) Oxeas; b) ends of spicules. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia (specimen INV POR1335, Paratype).

Tissue image: a) Perpendicular section (surface above); b) enlargement of the choanosome; c) tangential view of the ectosome. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia (specimen INV POR1335, Paratype).