Species Overview

Tetilla sp. B Hartman, 1975.

SPONGE:

Shape: Spherical or subspherical
Color_Alive: Chrome-yellow to yellow-tan

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Low to very low intertidal
Distribution: Central California

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Among the radiating spicule bundles are tracts of Anamonaenes; usually provided with a basal mat of long thin spicules - mostly Anamonaenes

Oscula:

Rims: Conspicuous crown of spicules up to 5 mm high

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 1.20-- mm
Note: Length to several cm

Megasclere:

Shape: Anamonaenes

Megascleres:

Shape: Protriaenes

Megasclere:

Shape: Prodiaenes

Megasclere:

Shape: Anatriaenes
Note: Apparently only in the anchor roots

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmaspires