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

  • Location: Bocas del Toro, Panama

  • Habitat: deep reef

  • Photographer: Cristina Diaz

  • Picture Taken On: 2010-07-25 00:00:00

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: pink-lilac

  • Morphology: tube

  • Consistency: crumbly

 

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/Spicule Images/: a) And b) large tri and tetractines II (cortical) and smaller tri and tetractines I, normal and sagittal (choanosomal); c) and d) tri- an tetractines I (choanosomal); e) sagittal tri and tetractines, showing the apical actine of a tetractine (arrow in inset). Photos courtesy of Michelle Klautau. Sample from the Bocas del Toro, Panama, by Cristina Diaz.

/Tissue Images/: a) Top view of the surface cortex; b) histological cross section of a tube; c) choanosome. Sample from Bocas del Toro, Panama. Photos courtesy of Michelle Klautau.