Species Overview

Desmacella vagabunda Schmidt, 1870

SPONGE:

Shape: Amorphous
Consistency: Fragile
Color_Alive: Drab

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 700 -- 1243 m
Distribution: Southern California to Central California

Choanosome:

Architecture: Short plumose columns of megascleres with points toward the surface

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Short plumose columns of megascleres with points toward the surface

Ectosome:

Dermal Membrane: Thin;detachable;fleshy dermis with a few microscleres

Megasclere:

Shape: Subtylostyles to Tylostyles
Length: 255 -(308|372)- 1006 µ
Width: - 15 - µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmas
Length: 13 -(23|61)- 72 µ