UNCW National Science Foundation Valdosta State University Universidad Nacional de Colombia The Sponge Guide

  • Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas

  • Habitat: deep reef

  • Photographer: Sven Zea

  • Picture Taken On: 2008-06-07 08:19:44

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: brown

  • Morphology: lobate

  • Consistency: crumbly

 

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/Spicule Images/: a), c) Styles to styloids at two different magnifications; b), d) oxeas and strongyloxeas at two different magnifications; e) ends of spicules. Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) Perpendicular section at the surface; b) tangential view of the ectosome c) enlargement of the choanosome; d) enlargement of the ectosome. Sample from the Bahamas.