• Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas

  • Habitat: deep reef

  • Photographer: Sven Rhode

  • Picture Taken On: 2008-06-08 15:33:54

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: pink-lilac, white

  • Morphology: tube

  • Consistency: hard

 

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/Spicule Images/: a) Triactines and tetractines I, including smaller sizes; b) apical actine (arrow) of tretractines I; c) and d) large to gigantic triactines II among smaller tri- and tetractines I; e) sagittal tetractine (arrow) in tissue section. Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) Cross section at the surface; b) and c) top view of the tissue surface; d) localized sagittal tri and tetractines (arrows). Sample from the Bahamas.