Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona schmidtii
  • Location: Colombia-Santa Marta
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: N/A
  • Picture Taken On: specimen collected by Klaus Rützler (Smithsonian Institution) on 1971-01-25
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: purple-violet
  • Morphology: papillated
  • Consistency: not available

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles; b) ends of tylostyles (with spiraster at the same scale); c) spirasters I; d) spirasters II. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia (specimen USNM 32008, INV POR1321). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).