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Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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  • Location: Colombia-Cartagena-Banco Salmedina
  • Habitat: deep reef
  • Photographer: N/A
  • Picture Taken On: 1980-07-19
  • Picture Notes: Specimen INV POR1336 (PSM090B), PARATYPE
  • Color: reddish brown
  • Morphology: encrusting
  • Consistency: crumbly

Spicules image: a) Oxeas. Sample from Banco Salmendina, Cartagena, Colombia (specimen INV POR1336, Paratype). Photos and image composition by Jaime Andrés Ríos (U. Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá campus).

Tissue image: a) Perpendicular section (surface above); b) enlargement of the choanosome c) tangential view of the ectosome. Sample from Banco Salmedina, Cartagena, Colombia (specimen INV POR1336, Paratype). Photos and image composition by Jaime Andrés Ríos (U. Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá campus).