Species Overview

Clathria (Microciona) pennata Lambe, 1895 .

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_Thickness: --8 mm
Color_Alive: Red orange-brown yellow-tan salmon- red terra cotta
Color_Preserved: White to light brown orange

HABITAT:

BenthicRegion: Marine: Intertidal; Subtidal;Deep water
Depth: --90 m
Note: Depth depends on which form
Distribution: Southern California to Northern California

Ectosome:

Architecture: Thin Styles to Subtylostyles at surface and scattered within

Choanosome:

Arcitecture: Thick Styles to Subtylostyles in ascending echinated tracts joined by cross spicules

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate

Megasclere:

Shape: Subtylostyles -thin
Length: 90 - -225 µ
Width: 2 -- 8 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Subtylostyles-thick
Length: 200 - -240 µ
Width: 14 -- 36 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Toxas
Length: 26 -- 165 µ