Species Overview

Mycale (Carmia) richardsoni Bakus, 1966.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting often wrapped around algae or hydroids
Size_Thickness: --1 cm

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Color_Alive:
Consistency: Compressible

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal; Subtidal; Deep water
Depth: -40- m
Distribution: Central

Surface:

Texture: hispid but feels smooth

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Ladder-like tracts to surface. Near their bases they tend to merge into a reticulation

Oscules:

Ectosome:

Choanosome:

Architecture: Ladder-like tracts to surface. Near their bases they tend to merge into a reticulation

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: 125 -(173|186)- 212 µ
Width: 5 -(7|8)- 10 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmas
Length: 15 -(19|20)- 38 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Anisochelae
Length: 15 -(30|31)- 38 µ