Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona dioryssa
  • Location: Colombia-Santa Marta
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: N/A
  • Picture Taken On: specimen collected by Sven Zea on 1982-07-17
  • Picture Notes: N/A
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: encrusting, papillated
  • Consistency: tough

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles (with spirasters at the same scale); b) ends of tylostyles; c) spirasters. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia (specimen INV POR1316, USNM 31991). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).