Sponge Guide

UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Species: Cliona flavifodina
  • 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 1980-12-14
  • Picture Notes: N/A
  • Color: brown
  • Morphology: papillated
  • Consistency: tough

Spicules image: a) Tylostyles (with a spiraster at the same scale); b) ends of tylostyles; c) spirasters. Sample from Old Providence, Colombia, SW Caribbean (specimen INV POR1318). Photos and image composite by Angela Marulanda (U. Javeriana, Cali, Colombia).