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Microscleres = Microxeas. No Asters present. |
| Penares saccharis
(de Laubenfels, 1930) |
Sponge:
Massive, rounded.
Consistency: cartilaginous.
Surface: superficially smooth.
Oscula: round with depressed rounded edges. Diameter 200 μm.
Color: Alive: White, dark lavender-brown.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Oxeas (some styles):
400- 890 um.
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(2) Dichotriaenes:
Clads 120 - 210 um.
x 10 - 30 um.
Rhabds 320 - 435 um.
x 20 - 30 um.
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Microscleres:
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(1) Microxeas-often bent once or twice:
35 - 180 um.
x 4 - 10 um.
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Skeleton:
Ectosome: Densely felted mass, 100 μm thick, of Microxeas and clads of Dichotriaenes.
Choanosome: Vague tracts of Oxeas and some microscleres.
Distribution: Central California.
Depth: Low intertidal.
Note: Was Papyrula saccharis.
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No Microxeas present; smallest Oxeas > 350 μm. Asters present.
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