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Megascleres: Hastate Styles with Tornote points.
Microscleres: with NO Raphides present. |
(Lambe, 1905) |
Sponge:
Stalked, funnel-cup shaped. Height to as much as 900 cm or greater.
Consistency: Fragile, spongy.
Surface: rough.
Oscula: very irregular in size and shape.
Color: Alive: Drab, yellow, light-brown.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Styles-hastate with tornote points:
352 - 420-534 - 594 um.
x 8 -11-13- 15 um.
Microscleres:
(1) Anisochelae:
15 -33-46- 63 um.
(2) Anisochelae:
53 -76-89- 96 um.
(3) Sigmas-rare/absent:
36 -53- 70 um.
(4) Toxas:
reported rarely- but probably absent.
Skeleton:
Thin dermal membrane. Ectosome with terminally expanded ascending fibers.
Choanosome, cavernous with branched, coarse spicule bundles cored with Styles. Superimposed on this is a loose, irregular reticulation.
Distribution: Central to Northern California.
Depth: Deep water to 800 m.
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Megascleres: Styles somewhat fusiform, with equal thickness along most of the length but tapering to one or both ends. Points Oxeote. Microscleres with Raphides present.
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