Species Overview

Leucosolenia nautilia de Laubenfels, 1930.

SPONGE:

Shape: basal reticulation from which arise numerous long individual tubes. Tubes: 0.2 - 2 x 20 mm.
Color_Alive: White
Consistency: fragile

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal; Subtidal; Deep water
Distribution: Southern California to Northern California

Surface:

Texture: minutely hispid

Oscula:

Distribution: apical

Skeleton:

Composition: Carbonate
Architecture: Asconoid

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxea (small)
Length: 80 -115- 160 µ
Width: -4- µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxea (large)
Length: 320 -445- 1000 µ
Width: 10 -- 20 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Quadriradiates
Length-apical ray: 20 -28- 50 µ
Length-paired rays: 80 -100- 120 µ
Length-basal ray: 120 - -150 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Triradiates
Length-paired rays: -50- µ

Mesosclere:

Shape: Quadriradiates
Length-apical ray: 20 -28- 50 µ
Length-paired rays: 80 -100- 120 µ
Length-basal ray: 120 - -150 µ

Mesosclere:

Shape: Triradiates
Length-paired rays: -50- µ