Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona vermifera
  • Location: Colombia-San Andrés Archipelago, Old Providence Island
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: N/A
  • Picture Taken On: specimen collected by Sven Zea on 1980-12-12
  • Picture Notes: no image notes
  • Color: yellow
  • Morphology: papillated
  • Consistency: soft

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles (with spiraster at the same scale); b) ends of tylostyles; c) spirasters. Sample from Old Providence, SW Caribbean, Colombia (specimen INV POR1322). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali,Colombia).