Species Overview

Antho (Acarnia) illgi Bakus, 1966

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_Thickness: --7 mm
Color_Alive: Tan; orange; red

HABITAT:

BenthicRegion: Marine: Intertidal; Subtidal; Deep Water
Distribution: Southern California to Northern California

Surface:

Contour: Frequently roughened with tubercles and ridges

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate

Ectosome:

Dermal membrane: Present
Architecture: Small Styles parallel or at right angles to surface below Dermal Membrane

Choanosome:

Architecture: Reticulation of Acanthostrongyles with echinating Acanthostyles; Styles attached to reticulation at

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: 140 -200- 240 µ
Width: 2 -3- 4 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: 222 -376- 680 µ
Width: 6 -9- 11 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles (microspined heads)
Length: 190 - 369- 770 µ
Width: 10 -12- 16 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 83 -(130|197)- 219 µ
Width: 5 -9- 14 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostrongyles
Length: N(µm)

Microsclere:

Shape: Rhaphides]
Length: 61 -76- 100 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Palmate Isochelae
Length: 16 -21- 35 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Toxas
Length: 18 -68- 229 µ