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Sponge club-shaped, with conspicuous anchoring root tufts of Anatriaenes. Habitat: Mud flats of bays. |
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Hartman, 1975 |
Sponge:
Club-shaped up to 22 mm high by 18 mm wide. Has conspicuous anchoring root tufts.
Color: Not recorded.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Oxeas:
381 - 1699 um.
(2) Prodiaenes/triaenes:
939 to 1900 um.
(3) Styles:
436 - 1333 um.
(4) Anatriaenes -apparently only in anchor root (not seen in Hartman specimen).
Microscleres:
(1) Sigmaspires:
no measurements
Skeleton:
Radial skeleton..
Distribution: Central California.
Depth: Mud flats in San Francisco Bay.
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Sponge spherical OR subspherical.
Habitat: Open coast attached to rocks.
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