• Location: Little San Salvador, Bahamas

  • Habitat: mangrove/coastal lagoon

  • Photographer: Sven Zea

  • Picture Taken On: 2004-06-26 09:18:32

  • Picture Notes: The sponge on top is Ircinia felix.

  • Color: brown

  • Morphology: encrusting

  • Consistency: crumbly

 

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/Spicule Images/: a), b) Tangential view of the ectosome showing spicules (thin oxea).

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