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"Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe" (1864) increased the number of sponge species known from the Caribbean by fivefold. Most of those described belong to the Class Demospongiae. Explore the work in via ➡️ https://t.co/xu7Go6Gxd4

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"Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe" (1864) included 25 hand-colored lithographs based on drawings made from living specimens - which was important as sponges change color & shape when removed from water. View the in via https://t.co/0Mt5N6ELVU

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