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: 2008-06-08 09:09:00

  • Picture Notes: Growing on an Aplysina branch.

  • Color: gray, green

  • Morphology: encrusting

  • Consistency: soft

 

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/Spicule Images/: a), c) and e) Strongyles to styloids; b), d) and f) styles to subtylostyles; in sequential enlargement. Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) to c) Cross-section sections of the choanosome. Sample from the Bahamas.