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

  • Location: Goulding Cay, New Providence, Bahamas

  • Habitat: deep reef

  • Photographer: Sven Zea

  • Picture Taken On: 2010-07-13 15:40:02

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: orange

  • Morphology: branching

  • Consistency: tough

 

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/Spicule Images/: a) Styles II; b) styles I; c) ends of styles I; d) ends of oxea; e) oxea. Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) Longitudinal section of a branch (external surface on the left); b) magnification at the surface; c) magnification of the choanosome. Sample from the Bahamas.