Species Overview

Haliclona (Rhizoniera) sp. A Hartman, 1975.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_Thickness: --2 cm
Color_Alive: Rose-lavender; lavender; light grey-brown

HABITAT:

BenthicRegion: Marine: Intertidal to Subtidal
Distribution: Central California

Surface:

Contour: Irregular

Oscula:

Diameter: 2--7 mm
Distribution: sometimes in rows or ridges
Rims: flush with surface or with raised rims to 10 mm high

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Vertical multispicular tracts with cross spicules horizontal;diagonal;or irregular

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 130 -(140|165)-188 µ
Width: 3.0 -(6.0|7.5)- 11 µ