Species Overview

Mycale (Oxymycale) sp. 2 [of Lee].

SPONGE:

Shape: Large thick conical with vertical openings on side
Color_Preserved: Tan to grey
Consistency: Consistency firm. Fragile when wet

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep Water
Depth: 91 -- 256 m
Distribution: Southern California and Northern California

Surface:

Texture: Rough

Oscula:

Density: abundant
Rims: elevated to 2 mm in fresh material. elevations not seen in dried specimens

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Parallel tracts to surface and loose reticulation

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles to Oxeas with intermediates
Length: 570 -(671|730)- 836 µ
Width: 15 -(18|22)- 25 µ
Note: Longer spicules (to 1760 µm) reported in fresh material only

Microsclere:

Shape: Anisochela-J-shaped with the foot equal to a small hook
Length: 15 -(18|22)- 34 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Anisochelae
Length: 36 - (44|47)- 60 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Anisochelae
Length: 60 - (94|117)- 135 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmas
Length: 10 -(19|22)- 48 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Raphides
Length: 12 -(22|61)- 99 µ