Species Overview

Chalinula ecbasis

SPONGE:

Shape: Lobate; ramose or digitate
Size_Height: --10 cm
Size_Diameter: -1- cm
Color_Alive: Buff

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Intertidal
Distribution: Southern California and ? Northern California

Surface:

Texture: superficially hirsute

Pores:

Distribution: all over surface
Shape: irregular

Oscula:

Density: few
Distribution: apical or along sides of tubes

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: fibrous reticulation with polygonal meshes

Ectosome:

Dermal Membrane: vague with thin dermal membrane and no spicules

Choanosome:

Architecture: fibrous reticulation with polygonal meshes 75 µm in diameter. Spicules otherwise in confusion. Ascending and transverse fibers 10-20 µm in diameter;cored by 4-7 rows of spicules although the amount of spongin varies greatly

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: -100- µ
Width: -5- µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxea (Fell )
Length: 84-(119|133)-145 µ