Species Overview

Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818) [of Sim & Bakus, 1986].

SPONGE:

Shape: Massive to lobate.
Color_Alive?: Lavender to pale grey

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal to Subtidal
Distribution: Southern California to Northern California

Surface:

Contour: finely conulose

Spongin:

Type: Primary (ascending) fibers
Diameter: 114 -- 190 µ
Core: Fibers contain abundant foreign material

Ectosome:

Architecture: No information given

Skeleton:

Composition: Spongin
Architecture: Fibers with abundant foreign material

Spongin:

Type: Secondary fibers
Diameter: 30 -- 60 µ
Core: Fibers contain abundant foreign material