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

  • Location: Sweetings Cay, Bahamas

  • Habitat: deep reef

  • Photographer: Scott Nichols

  • Picture Taken On: 2007-06-15 21:28:27

  • Picture Notes: no image notes

  • Color: orange

  • Morphology: bushy

  • Consistency: tough

 

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/Spicule Images/: a) Styles II; b) styles I; c) ends of styles I; d) ends of oxea; e) oxea. Sample from the Bahamas.

/Tissue Images/: a) Longitudinal section of the body (external surface on the left); b) magnification of the choanosome; c) magnification at the surface. Sample from the Bahamas.