Species Overview

Topsentia fernaldi (Sim & Bakus, 1986)

SPONGE:

Shape: Thick; encrusting or massive
Consistency: Firm;friable
Color_Alive: Yellow
Color_ Preserved: Beige

HABITAT:

BenthicRegion: Marine: Deep water
Depth: - 46- m
Distribution: Southern California: Santa Catalina Id

Surface:

Texture: smooth
Contour: strongly and irregularly undulated

Oscula:

Density: sparse
Diameter: -- 6 mm

Ectosome:

Architecture: Dense random distribution of spicules

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Dense random distribution of spicules

Choanosome:

Architecture: Dense random distribution of spicules

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 170 -239- 350 µ
Width: 4 -7- 10 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 750 -813- 920 µ
Width: 12 -26- 30 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: 400 -708- 920 µ
Width: 15 -25- 35 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Strongyles
Length: 400 -541- 680 µ
Width: 20 -25- 30 µ