Species Overview

Haliclona (Rhizoniera) enamela de Laubenfels, 1930.

SPONGE:

Shape: Very thin encrusting
Size_Thickness: 1-2 mm
Color_Alive: Drab
Consistency: Spongy

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal
Distribution: Southern California

Surface:

Texture: superficially smooth
Contour: verrucose

Pores:

Diameter: minute

Oscula:

Rims: raised collars
Distribution: distance apart

Skeleton :

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Distinctive wavey appearance.

Ectosome:

Present: Vague or lacking

Choanosome:

Architecture: Fibrous reticulation;rectangular meshes

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 120--157 µ
Width: 4.0--7.0 µ