Species Overview

Tedania (Tedania) obscurata (de Laubenfels, 1930).

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting; amorphous
Size_thickness: to 12 mm
Color_Alive: Bright yellow-tan to greyish-buff

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal to Subtidal
Distribution: Central

Oscula:

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate

Choanosome:

Architecture: Vague tracts of Strongyles run to the surface with scattered spicules in between

Megasclere:

Shape: Strongyles to Subtylotes with microspined ends
Length: 182 -(206|219)- 245 µ
Width: 5.5 -- 7.0 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Strongyles to Subtylotes with microspined ends
Length: 249 - (292|299) - 339 µ
Width: 10 -- 13 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Microspined Microxeas
Length: 78 -(83|96)- 110 µ