Species Overview

Leucandra heathi (Urban, 1905) .

SPONGE:

Shape: oval subspherical
Color: White

HABITAT:

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

Oscula:

Rim: Conspicuous oscular fringe to 7 mm high

Skeleton:

Composition: Carbonate
Architecture: Leuconoid

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 700 -- 2000 µm
Width: - 50- µm

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas (large)
Length: 3.40--5.00 mm
Width: 30 -- 150 µm

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas (coronal)
Length: 5.00--10.00 mm
Width: 4 - -12 µm

Megasclere:

Shape: Saggital Triradiates (rays)
Length: 140 -- 200 µm
Width: -10- µm

Megasclere:

Shape: Triradiates (rays)
Length: 130 - 250]- µm
Width: -10- µm

Microsclere:

Shape: Microxeas
Length: 50 - -140 µm
Width: -4- µm