Species Overview

Mycale (Paresperella) psila de Laubenfels,1930.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting to amorphous or massive
Size_Thickness: 8--10 cm
Color_Alive: Light to dark gold ; beige;drab; yellow-brown

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal
Depth: --26 m
Distribution: Southern California to Northern California

Surface:

Texture: Smooth

Oscula:

Density: few
Diameter: 1 -- 2.5 mm

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Reticulate

Megasclere:

Shape: Subtylostyles
Length: 224 -(284|426)- 485 µ
Width: 3 -(6|10)- 12 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmas
Length: 29 - (44|65)- 125 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmas
Length: 70 -(111|241)- 289 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Palmate Anisochelae
Length: 11 -(14|19)- 25 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Palmate Anisochelae -often in rosettes
Length: 25 -(31|38)- 43 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Toxa (rare)
Length: 12 - (47|100)- 159 µ