Species Overview

Tedania (Tedania) sp. A Green & Bakus, 1994.

SPONGE:

Shape: Tubular
Size_height_tube: -9- mm
Size_diameter_tube: 1 mm
Color_Alive?: Tan
Consistency: Fragile

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 92--100 m
Distribution: Santa Maria Basin; Southern California

Surface:

Texture: smooth.

Skeleton:

Composite: Silicate
Architecture: Strongyles in tracts and singly; Onychaetes occur in bundles.

Microsclere:

Shape: Onychaetes
Length: 135 -168- 208 µ
Width: 2 -3- 3 µ

Oscula:

Visible: not visible.

Ectosome:

Architecture: Thin dermis with Tylotes.

Choanosome:

Architecture: Strongyles in tracts and singly; Onychaetes occur in bundles.

Megasclere:

Shape: Strongyle-Styles with microspined heads
Length: 240 -(266|300)- 345] µ
Width: 8 - 9- 10 µ
Note: with apically asymmetrical spined ends

Megasclere:

Shape: Tylotes
Length: 160 -(196|211)- 236 µ
Width: 4 -5- 5 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Onychaetes and/or microspined Microxeas
Length: 49 -57- 65 µ
Width: 2 -3- 3 µ