Species Overview

Axinella sp. B Green & Bakus, 1994.

SPONGE:

Shape: Irregular; robust
Size_thickness: 2 -- 8 mm
Color_Preserved: White to dirty white
Consistency: Firm; woody; prickly

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 54 -- 90 m
Distribution: Santa Maria Basin;Pt. Arguello; California.

Surface:

Contour: bundles of spicules visible with tips projecting from surface.

Oscula:

Visible: No pores or oscula visible.

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Plumose with condensed axis of oxeas.

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 750 -1555- 2625 µ
Width: 13 -32- 57 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: 750 -1062- 2000 µ
Width: 21 -32- 49 µ