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

  • Location: Little Inagua, Bahamas

  • Habitat: deep reef

  • Photographer: Sven Zea

  • Picture Taken On: 2011-07-28 17:18:10

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: black

  • Morphology: encrusting, tube

  • Consistency: hard

 

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/Spicule Images/: a) Oxeas to strongyloxeas and styloids; b) ends of spicules. Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) Perpendicular section (surface above); b) tangential view of the ectosome; c) enlargement at the surface; d) view of the choanosome. Sample from the Bahamas.