Species Overview

Mycale (Aegograpila) adhaerens (Lambe, 1894) .

SPONGE:

Shape: Amorphous; massive
Color_Alive: Light yellow or grey or light brown to violet-lavender
Consistency: Spongy; Compressible

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal; Subtidal; Deep water
Depth: - 380- m
Distribution: Southern California to Northern California
Associations: Encrusting on Chlamas spp. to free-living

Surface:

Tecture: Smooth; felty to the touch.

Oscula:

Density: sometimes present
Rims: may be on conules

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Parallel often curved and branching tracts of styles (Plumo-reticulate

Ectosome:

Architecture: Thin membrane with regular reticulation of 3-6 spicules forming triangular or quadrangular spaces parallel to surface

Choanosome:

Architecture: parallel often curved and branching tracts of styles (Plumo-reticulate

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles-Subtylostyles
Length: 242 -(320|374) - 461 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmas -may be rare
Length: 19 -(41|57)- 89 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Anisochelae
Length: 14 -(16|17)- 29 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Anisochelae
Length: 22 -(34|35)- 48 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Anisochelae
Length: 51 -(66|81)- 92 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Raphides
Length: 29 -66- 111 µ