Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona flavifodina
  • Location: Colombia-Santa Marta
  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
  • Photographer: N/A
  • Picture Taken On: specimen collected by Sven Zea on 1987-10-22
  • Picture Notes: N/A
  • Color: red
  • Morphology: papillated
  • Consistency: tough

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles; b) ends of tylostyles; c) spirasters. Sample from Santa Marta, Colombia, material of Hofman & Kielman (1992) (specimen INV POR397), reported as Cliona caribbaea). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).