FIGURE 8 in Bioeroding sponge species from the Wakatobi region of southeast Sulawesi Indonesia

FIGURE 8. Spheciospongia cf. vagabunda trincomaliensis. (A) Field image of adult specimen with multiple large, coneshaped exhalants; (B) field image of slightly sedimented specimen; please note the wart-like surface structure at the base of the exhalants as characteristic in Spheciospongia species; (C) incision into sponge tissue revealing a thick cortex and embedded sediment; (D & E) tylostyles; (F) spirasters.