Species Overview

Cladorhiza sp. 3 [of Lee, 1998]

SPONGE:

Shape: Stalked:Stalk ending in umbrella-like cap with its edges extended into fragile projections
Color_Preserved: Tan to light brown

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 3640--3740 m
Distribution: Southern California

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Axis of spongin and multispicular fibers.

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles-Thick
Length: 448 -773- 1067 µ
Width: 11 -16- 23 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles-Moderately thin-stylote to subtylote heads-only slightly fusiform
Length: 1.41-2.59-3.73 mm
Width: 39 -51- 60 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles-Thin and fusiform
Length: 145 -261- 473 µ
Width: 10 -12- 13 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Unguiferous Anisochelae
Length: 36 -40- 44 µ