Species Overview

Haliclona (Reniera?) sp. H Green & Bakus, 1994.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_thickness: to 3 mm
Color_ Alive: Light Tan?
Consistency: Compressible; fragile; soft.

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 75 -- 90 m
Distribution: Santa Maria Basin; Southern California
Associations: encrusting on rock and bryozoan.

Surface:

Texture: slightly hispid near edges.

Oscula:

Diameter: 0.3--0.5 mm

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Irregular to slightly isodictyal reticulation of 1 to 3 spicules thick; little spongin at nodes.

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 190 - 221- 250 µ
Width: 4.0 -8.0- 13.0 µ