Species Overview

Leucandra losangelensis (de Laubenfels, 1930).

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting Amorphous
Size_Thickness: 3 cm
Color_Alive: White to Pale Brown

HABITAT:

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

Surface:

Texture: smooth
Contour: convoluted lumpy or with ridges

Oscula:

Density: numerous
Shape: oval

Ectosome:

Dermal membrane: Fleshy over a non-cellular layer

Choanosome:

Architecture: Leuconoid

Skeleton:

Composition: Carbonate
Architecture: Leuconoid

Megasclere:

Shape: Triaxons rays
Length: 100 - 426- 850 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Sagittal Triaxons
Length: 60 -137- 250 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Quadriradiate
Length-paired rays: 180 -- 210 µ
Length-basal ray: -100 - µ
Length-apical ray: 20 -- 40 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 80 -93- 100 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Microspined cylinders
Length: 25 - -60 µ