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 2012-04-12
  • Picture Notes: N/A
  • Color: orange
  • Morphology: 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 POR1317). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).