Species Overview

Suberites sp. Hartman, 1975.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting to massive
Size_Thickness: 6 -- 10 cm
Color_Alive: Light to chrome yellow;orange;pink-orange; cinnamon-brown;tan;orange-brown

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal
Distribution: Central California; Southern California; San Nicolas Id. (Bakus & Green

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Scattered large Tylostyles

Ectosome:

Architecture: With upright; densely packed small Tylostyles

Choanosome:

Architecture: With scattered large Tylostyles

Megasclere:

Shape: Tylostyles
Length: 200 -- 460 µ
Width: 8 - -15 µ