Species Overview

Oscarella carmela Muricy& Pearse, 2004.

SPONGE:

Shape: Thin to thicker sheets
Color_Alive: Pale brown to rusty orange

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: High intertidal tide pools and in sea water systems.
Distribution: Central California.

Choanosome:

Architecture: Very thin mesohyl between chambers. Proportion of mesohyl to chambers from 0.51;1 to 1.2:1.

Skeleton:

Composition: NO skeleton

Surface:

Texture: Thin smooth
Contour: with uneven bumpy

Ectosome:

Architecture: less than 100 µm thick. (with large opening) choanocyte chambers

Choanosome:

Architecture: Basal cavities large; separated by septa without Choanocyte chambers. Ovoid to spherical choanocyte chambers