Species Overview

Guancha blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) [of Sim & Bakus, 1986].

SPONGE:

Shape: Vase-shaped stalked;body flattened Said to often give rise through budding to small colonies of tubular individules
Size_Height: --3 mm
Color_Alive: White to tan

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal; Subtidal; Deep water
Distribution: Southern California

Skeleton:

Composition: Carbonate
Architecture: Composed of a solid or tubular peduncle with a cormus of anastomosed tubes. Parasaggital spicules localized in the peduncle and always arranged parallel with their unpaired actine oriented basipetally.

Megasclere:

Shape: Equiangular or equiradiate spicules to which parasaggital are added Triradiates
Length: 40 -- 70 µ
Width: -5- µ