Species Overview
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Geodia robusta megasterra Lendenfeld, 1910
Synonyms:
Geodinella robusta (Lendenfeld, 1910.
Geodia agassizii (Lendenfeld, 1910)
Geodia breviana (Lendenfeld, 1910)
Geodia ovis Lendenfeld, 1910
Key Page
SPONGE:
Shape:
Massive
Color_Alive:
Dirty white;whitish tan
HABITAT:
Benthic Region:
Marine: Deep water
Distribution:
Southern California
CHARACTERS
Ectosome:
Cortex:
of Sterraster armor
Skeleton:
Composition:
Silicate
Megasclere:
Shape:
Oxeas
Length:
-2500- µ
Width:
40 -- 80 µ
Megasclere:
Shape:
Plagiomonaenes
Length-Rhabds:
- 2100- µ
Width-Rhabds:
26 -- 42 µ
Microsclere:
Shape:
Sterrasters
Length:
-880- µ
Width:
130 -- 180 µ
Height:
-237- µ
Microsclere:
Shape:
Strongylospherasters
Diameter:
7 - -130 µ
Microsclere:
Shape:
Oxyspherasters to Oxyeuasters
Diameter:
9 -- 38 µ
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