tSG: Image # 1457: Clathrina sp.1-“yellow with tri- and tetractines"

Calcarea > Clathrinida > Clathrinidae > Clathrina sp.1-“yellow with tri- and tetractines"

Species: Clathrina sp.1-“yellow with tri- and tetractines"

Location: San Salvador, Bahamas
Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
Photographer: Micha Ilan
Picture Taken On: 2007-06-25 21:08:44
Picture Notes: no image notes
Color: yellow
Morphology: encrusting
Consistency: soft

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/Spicule Images/: a) Triactines; b) tetractines; c) small triactines (few); d) small tetractines (few); e) apical actine of tetractine; f) trichoxeas; g) diactines (rare). Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) Overview of the loosely anastomosed tubes (clathroid cormus), forming the body of the sponge; b) enlarged view of the surface of tubes; c) view of apical actines of tetractines (arrows) projected into the lumen of the tube; d) loose trichoxeas that are apparently located on parts of the surface of tubes. Sample from the Bahamas.