Species Overview

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Desmacella vagabunda Schmidt, 1870

Synonyms:

SPONGE:: Shape: Amorphous
Consistency: Fragile
Color_Alive: Drab

HABITAT:: Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 700 -- 1243 m
Distribution: Southern California to Central California

CHARACTERS
Choanosome: Architecture: Short plumose columns of megascleres with points toward the surface Skeleton: Composition: Silicate Architecture: Short plumose columns of megascleres with points toward the surface Ectosome: Dermal Membrane: Thin;detachable;fleshy dermis with a few microscleres Megasclere: Shape: Subtylostyles to Tylostyles Length: 255 -(308\|372)- 1006 µ Width: - 15 - µ Microsclere: Shape: Sigmas Length: 13 -(23\|61)- 72 µ