Species Overview

Protosuberites sisyrnus (de Laubenfels, 1930).

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_Thickness: 1--2 mm
Color_Preserved: Drab

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 45 --54 m
Distribution: Southern California

Surface:

Texture: velvity

Oscula:

Visible: Oscules and pores not evident

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Scant Tylostyles scattered

Ectosome:

Architecture: Dense Tylostyles pointing outwards.

Choanosome:

Architecture: Scant Tylostyles scattered

Megasclere:

Shape: Tylostyles
Length: 275 - -480 µ
Width: 8.0 - -20 µ