Species Overview

Farrea convolvulus Schulze, 1899 .

DEFINING CHARACTERS:

Shaft of Anchorate Clavule with a few large thorns.
Terminal claws of Anchorate Clavules twisted in a spiral around shaft.

SPONGE:

Shape: A network of branching and anastomosing tubes
Size_diameter_tubes: 10--15 mm
Color: not reported

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Distribution: Southern California.

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate (hexactin)
Architecture: Rigid framework is one layer thick at margins.

Megasclere:

Shape: Uncinates

Mesosclere:

Shape: Pentactins

Mesosclere:

Shape: Pileate Clavules
Length: 200 - -250 µm

Mesosclere:

Shape: Anchorate Clavule

Microsclere:

Shape: Oxyhexactins

Microsclere:

Shape: Oxyhexasters