Species Overview

Caulophacus schulzei Wilson, 1904.

DEFINING CHARACTERS:

Dermalia are Pinular Hexactins
Principalia are NOT large Pentactins with short apical ray

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SPONGE:

Shape: Stipate with upper shallow calyx
Color_Preserved_alcohol: Grey-brown

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Distribution: Southern California.

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate (hexactin)
Architecture: Body with loose spicules; Diactins of stalk fused by synapticulae.

Megasclere:

Shape: Principal Diactins

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