[A]
Ectosome with upright Tylostyles. These with terminal heads.
Choanosome with scattered Tylostyles.
Color: lavender grey, purple-grey or orange-yellow.
Sponge massive. |
| | Spheciospongia confoederata
de Laubenfels, 1930 |
Sponge:
Massive to 14 cm thick.
Consistency: Firm, compressible.
Surface: superficially smooth.
Oscula: to 1 cm.
Color: Alive: Lavender grey, purple grey, or orange yellow..
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Tylostyles:
200 - 320 um.
x 6- 14 um.
Uniform size. Spicule range to 120 μm. in any given
specimen.
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Skeleton:
Ectosome: up to 2 mm, densely packed with spicules, outer ones points outward.
Choanosome: Large canals and woody tracts, to 2 mm diameter, form vague reticulation.
Distribution: Southern and Central California.
Depth: Low intertidal to deep water.
Note: Southern California specimens often with wide, flattened papillae, 2-3 mm. diameter.
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[B]
Ectosome with scattered Tylostyles. These with both terminal and subterminal heads.
Choanosome with scattered Tylostyles.
Color: bright to pale yellow, dark brown.
Sponge, free-encrusting or boring into calcareous substrates.
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| | Cliona californiana
(de Laubenfels, 1932) |
Sponge:
Massive, encrusting to 6.4 cm. thick or boring into calcareous substrates with oscula and pores penetrating calcareous substrate.
Color: Alive: Brown to bright yellow, dark brown.
Spicules: Megascleres:
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(1)Tylostyles:
190 -340 um.
x 2.0 - 13.6 um.
Spicule range to 80 μm in any given specimen.
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Skeleton:
Ectosome: With scattered Tylostyles.
Choanosome: With scattered Tylostyles.
Distribution: Southern to northern California.
Depth: Intertidal to very low intertidal.
Note: Formerly known as Cliona celata californiana.
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