Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona varians
  • Location: Colombia-Santa Marta
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: N/A
  • Picture Taken On: specimen collected by Sven Zea on 1981-08-21
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: cinnamon-tan
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: tough

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles (with spiraster at the same scale); b) ends of tylostyles; c) spirasters (anthosigmas). Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia (specimen INV POR1325). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).