• Location: Plana Cays, Bahamas

  • Habitat: deep reef

  • Photographer: Sven Zea

  • Picture Taken On: 2004-06-24 08:43:53

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: cinnamon-tan

  • Morphology: vase

  • Consistency: crumbly, soft

 

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/Spicule Images/: a), b) Strongyles at two different magnifications, with thinner, developmental stages tending to be oxeote; c) endings of spicules. Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) Perpendicular section at the surface; b) tangential view of the surface; c) perpendicular section at the surface; d) view of the deeper choanosome. Sample from the Bahamas.