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Location: Islas de San Bernardo, Colombia
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Habitat: rocky shore/shallow reef
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Photographer: Sven Zea
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Picture Taken On: 1983-01-26 00:00:00
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Picture Notes: no image notes
Color: cinnamon-tan
Morphology: vase
Consistency: hard
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| /Spicule Images/: a) Oxeas I with sterrasters; b) anysostrongyloxeas-oxeas II, c) enlarged tips of oxeas I; d) enlargement of anysostrongyloxeas-oxeas II; e) plagiotriaenes; f) enlargement of microscleres (rossettes of sterrasters on the bottom; spined asters in 2-3 types, oxyasters and strongyl- or oxyasters). Sample from Islas del Rosario, Colombia. Notice the larger and thicker megascleres and stouter microscleres in comparison to those pictured in a sample from the Bahamas. |