Species Overview
158
Prosuberites sp. Hartman, 1975.
Synonyms:
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SPONGE:
Shape:
Thinly encrusting
Size_Thickness:
--2 mm
Color_Alive:
Gold; hazel; yellow-brown;olive-brown
HABITAT:
BenthicRegion:
Bays: Low to very low intertidal
Distribution:
Central California
CHARACTERS
Ectosome :
Dermal Membrane:
Texture Plush with spicules
Architecture:
Cortex-like- 1.5 mm thick; packed with spicules
Ectosome:
Architecture:
Densely packed small upright Tylostyles
Choanosome:
Architecture:
more or less thick formed tracts of large spicules which run to the surface
Megasclere:
Shape:
Tylostyles
Length:
175 -- 925 µ
Width:
7-- 17 µ
Length-Range:
> 700]-- 17 µ
Skeleton:
Composition:
Silicate
Architecture:
more or less thick formed tracts of large spicules which run to the surface