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

  • Location: Northern Exuma Cays, Bahamas

  • Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef

  • Photographer: Micha Ilan

  • Picture Taken On: 2010-07-11 20:10:35

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: orange

  • Morphology: bushy

  • Consistency: tough

 

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/Spicule Images/: a) Styles II; b) heads and tips of styles; c) oxea II, the most common; d) oxea I; e) ends of oxea II; f) rare styles I; g) acanthomicroxea. Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) Longitudinal section of the body; b) magnification at the surface; c) magnification of the choanosome. Sample from the Bahamas.