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Acanthostyles to > 180 μm. |
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Hartman, 1975 |
Sponge:
Encrusting < 1 mm thick.
Color: Alive: Salmon.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Acanthostyles:
96 -106- 248 um.
x 8.0 um.
(2) Subtylotes - Tylotes:
141 -200- 204 um.
x 5.5 um.
Microscleres:
(1) Arcuate Isochelae:
21 -35- 43 um.
Skeleton:
Ectosome: Tylotes arranged vertically to form a dense plush at surface.
Choanosome: Acanthostyles with heads embedded in basal spongin. Also, dense tracts of Tylotes.
Distribution: Central California.
Depth: Intertidal -Subtidal.
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Acanthostyles < 180 μm
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