tSG: Image # 2314: Geodia aff. gibberosa sp.5

Demospongiae > Astrophorida > Geodiidae > Geodia aff. gibberosa sp.5

Species: Geodia aff. gibberosa sp.5

Location: Little Inagua, Bahamas
Habitat: deep reef
Photographer: Sven Zea
Picture Taken On: 2011-07-28 17:01:00
Picture Notes: no image notes
Color: cinnamon-tan, orange
Morphology: massive
Consistency: hard

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/Spicule Images/: a) Oxeas-styloids-styles-strongyles I; b) anysostrongyloxeas-oxeas II, c) enlarged tips of oxeas-styloids-styles-strongyles I; d) enlargement of an anysostrongyloxea II; e) plagiotriaenes; f) microscleres (sterrasters, developed and developing); g) enlargement of microscleres (rossettes of sterrasters on the left; spined asters in 2-3 types, oxyasters and strongyl- or oxyasters). Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) Perpendicular section of the body (surface cortex above); b) magnification of the surface (above) and the subsurface (below). Sample from the Bahamas.