Sponge Guide Updates
- December 5, 2014
- Updated database to include 231 species-morph descriptions
- Updated image library to include 2,152 images.
- Detailed record of taxonomic changes and additions to the guide
- Expanded geographic range of images to include eastern and southern Caribbean
- Added spicule and tissue composite images and descriptions and taxonomic notes for 49 species
- Added habitat data for each image and now can search by
habitat.
- Mangrove/coastal lagoons (includes shallow seagrass beds)
- Rocky shore/shallow reef - littoral hard and reef bottoms <12 m depth
- Deep reef - hard bottom habitat >12 m depth
- Printable view of species information
- March 20, 2012
- Updated database to include 212 species-morph descriptions
- Updated image library to include 1,711 images.
- Expanded geographic range of images to include eastern Caribbean
- Added custom search page
- An archive of the 2nd edition can be found at www.spongeguide.org/2ndEdition
- July 13, 2009
- Added a link to the World Porifera Database on the species information page.
- Updated the database
- Minor website edits.