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

  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas

  • Habitat: deep reef

  • Photographer: Sven Zea

  • Picture Taken On: 2011-07-18 05:35:03

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: orange-yellow

  • Morphology: branching, bushy

  • Consistency: tough

 

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/Spicule Images/: a) Oxea with rugose ends; b) ends of oxea. 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.