Species Overview

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Grantia sp. Hartman, 1975

Synonyms:

HABITAT:
Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal to Subtidal
Distribution: Central California

CHARACTERS

Oscula:
Fringe: oscular fringe
Ectosome:
Architecture: A dermal cortical skeleton of tangentially arranged Triradiates with tufts of oxeas extending beyond the surface and a tangential layer of endosomal Triradiates and Quadriradiates.
Skeleton:
Composition: Carbonate
Architecture: Syconoid.
Megasclere:
Shape: Cortical Triradiates
Megasclere:
Shape: Endosomal Triradiates-Quadriradiates
Megasclere:
Shape: Oxeas (tufts at surface).