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

  • Location: Bocas del Toro, Panama

  • Habitat: deep reef

  • Photographer: Sven Zea

  • Picture Taken On: 2012-08-09 00:00:00

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: brown, purple-violet

  • Morphology: encrusting

  • Consistency: crumbly

 

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/Spicule Images/: a) Styles; b) ends of styles. Sample from Bocas del Toro, Panama.

/Tissue Images/: a) Perpendicular section at the surface; b) enlargement of the choanosome. Sample from Bocas del Toro, Panama.