Species Overview

Mycale sp. 3 [of Lee].

SPONGE:

Shape: Rounded or amorphous Lumpy
Size_Height: --10 cm
Color_Alive: Yellow dark brown
Consistency: Spongy Compressible Fragile

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Subtidal to Deep water
Depth: 18 -- 46 m
Distribution: Central California and Northern California

Surface:

Texture: generally smooth

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate

Oscula:

Distribution: open to surface and irregularly distributed

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: 388 -(535|660)- 1071 µ
Width: 7 -(13|15)- 17 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmas
Length: 17 -(38|58)- 109 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Palmate Anisochelae
Lenght: 15 -(21|28)- 39 µ
Sh/LMax : 0.47 - 0.52]- 39

Microsclere:

Shape: Palmate Anisochelae
Length: 84 -(90|100)- 133 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Rhaphides
Length: 53 -(58|89)- 121 µ