Species Overview

Haliclona (Rhizoniera) sp. B Hartman, 1975.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_thick: mm
Color_Alive: Grey-blue

HABITAT:

BenthicRegion: Intertidal
Distribution: Central California

Surface:

Texture: smooth

Skeleton:

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

Oscula:

Diameter: less than 1--2 mm
Rims: Barely raised above surface

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 120 -(140|165)- 174 µm
Width: 4.0 -(6.0|7.5)- 10 µm