Species Overview

Antho (Antho) jia de Laubenfels,1930.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_Thickness: --8 mm
Color_Alive: Drab dull orange
Consistency: Fragile

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine:Deep water
Depth: -700- m
Distribution: Central California

Surface:

Texture: Hispid
Contour: uneven

Pores:

Visible: Not Evident

Oscula:

Visible: Not Evident

Ectosome:

Architecture: Vaguedermal membrane present

Choanosome:

Architecture: Confused renieroid reticulation

Megasclere:

Shape: Tylostyles
Length: - 330 - µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles -smooth or with a few spines
Length: 340 - -415 µ
Width: )- -415 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Palmate Isochelae
Length: 24 - -29 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Toxas
Length: 145 - -190 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: J-shaped microscleres - Crocae
Length: 16 - -17 µ

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Confused renieroid reticulation