Species Overview

Adocia sp. Klontz, 1989.

SPONGE:

Color -Alive: White
Shape: Encrusting
Size_Thickness: -1.0- cm
Consistency: Compact

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal
Distribution: Central California:Farallon Ids.

Choanosome:

Architecture: Pauci to multispicular tracts to the surface with single spicule cross bracing

Ectosome:

Architecture: Tangential skeleton near isodictyal with squate to triangular meshes
Thickness: 1 to 4 spicules thick

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxea
Length: 120--140 µ

Surface:

Texture: Smooth

Oscula:

Shape: Round
Diameter: 1.0--1.5 mm
Distribution: Scattered
Rims: Flush - Raised

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Tangential skeleton near isodictyal with squate to triangular meshes