Species Overview

Spongia (Spongia) idia de Laubenfels, 1932 .

SPONGE:

Shape: Massive
Color_Alive: Slate grey
Consistency: Spongy

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal to Subtidal
Distrilbution: Central California

Surface:

Contour: profusely conulose
Conules: less than 1 mm high and 1 mm apart

Spongin:

Type: Primary fibers -With some spicular inclusions and somewhat fasciculated or fenestrated architecture

Spongin:

Type: Secondary Fibers-often contorted
Diameter: 60--200 µ

Ectosome:

Architecture: Organic dermis- not readily detachable;melanistic
Thickness: 300 - 700]-200 µ

Choanosome:

Architecture: Flesh packed with flagellate chambers
Note: Endosome contains foreign spicules and fragments of spicules andsome sand and debris

Skeleton:

Composition: Spongin
Architecture: somewhat fasciculated or fenestrated