Species Overview

Leucosolenia tenuis Schuffer, 1877 [of Sim & Bakus, 1986]

SPONGE:

Shape: Erect branching tube
Color_Alive: Tan

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Subtidal
Distribution: Southern California

Surface:

Texture: minutely hispid

Skeleton:

Composition: Carbonate
Architecture: No information given

Megasclere:

Shape: Triradiate (saggital paired rays)
Length: 100 -124- 130 µ
Width: 7 -9- 10 µ
Length-basal rays: 110 -132- 160 µ
Width-basal rays: 7 -9-10 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Quadriradiate (saggital
Length: 100 -- 190 µ
Width-basal ray: 7 - -10 µ
Length-apical ray: 20 --40 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 50-109-200 µ
Width: -3- µ