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Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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  • Location: Colombia-Gulf of Urabá
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: N/A
  • Picture Taken On: 1995-09-28
  • Picture Notes: Specimen INV POR0535 (PUR045)
  • Color: brown
  • Morphology: encrusting with lobes
  • Consistency: crumbly

Spicules image: a) Oxeas. Sample from Gulf of Urabá, Colombia (specimen INV POR0535). 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 Gulf of Urabá, Colombia (specimen INV POR0535). Photos and image composition by Jaime Andrés Ríos (U. Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá campus).