tSG: Image # 1394: Clathrina sp.2-“yellow with only triactines”

Calcarea > Clathrinida > Clathrinidae > Clathrina sp.2-“yellow with only triactines”

Species: Clathrina sp.2-“yellow with only triactines”

Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas
Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
Photographer: Micha Ilan
Picture Taken On: 2007-06-22 21:58:22
Picture Notes: no image notes
Color: yellow
Morphology: encrusting
Consistency: soft

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/Spicule Images/: a) Triactines; b) small triactines (few); c) triactine with a slightly larger actine (left, called parasagittal). Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) External view of the tightly anastomosed tubes (clathroid cormus), forming the body of the sponge; b) microscopic view of a cross section of the body; c) and d) enlarged view of the tube linings. Sample from the Bahamas.