[A]
Oxeas, 150 - 160 μm.
Vertical multispicular tracts.
Color: buff, tan, or dull orange brown. |
| | Neopetrosia vanilla
(de Laubenfels, 1930) |
Sponge:
Encrusting to 15 mm thick.
Consistency: stony hard.
Surface: superficially smooth..
Oscula: round, often with raised rim, 1.0 - 2.0 mm diameter and 1 cm apart.
Color: Alive: White, pale yellowish drab, buff, tan or dull orange-brown.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Oxeas -with a bend at each end.:
150 - 160 um.
x 11 - 12 um.
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Skeleton:
Ectosomal skeleton indistinct.
Choanosome a confused reticulation with vertical multispicular tracts sometimes present, especially near surface. Spicules densely packed.
Distribution: Central California.
Depth: Low intertidal.
Note: Formerly known as Xestospongia vanilla.
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[B]
Oxeas, 140 - 180 μm.
Irregular polygonal network.
Color: white.
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| | Xestospongia dubia
(Ristau, 1978) |
Sponge:
Encrusting 4-8 mm thick.
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