[A]
Oxeas to < 450 μm.
Sponge is a loose network of anastomosing tubules 3 cm high, forming masses up to 10 cm across and 3 cm high. Tubes to 1.7 mm in diameter. |
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Urban, 1905 |
Sponge:
Tubes: 0.3-1.7 mm diameter.
Surface: smooth.
Oscula: simple, few, 1 mm diameter.
Color: Alive: White.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Oxeas:
70 - 435 um.
x 4 - 9 um.
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(2) Quadriradiates (rays):
to 140 um.
x 9 um.
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(3) Saggital alate Triradiates (rays):
to 80 um.
x 7 um.
The posterior ray straight and the lateral two curved.
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(4) Triradiates (rays):
to 140 um.
x 7 um.
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Skeleton:
Asconoid.
Distribution: Southern to Northern California.
Depth: Intertidal to subtidal.
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[B]
Oxeas to > 500 μm.
Sponge consists of basal anastomoses from which arise numerous branching oscula bearing tubes.
Tubes to 3.8 mm in diameter.
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| | Leucosolenia sp.
Hartman, 1975 |
Sponge:
Diameter of oscule bearing tubes to 3.8 mm.
Color: Alive: White.
Spicules: Megascleres:
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(1)Oxeas:
175 - 725 um.
x 3 - 9 um.
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(2)Triradiates saggittal:
- mostly inequiangular or saggital; almost equiangular. Size not given.
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Skeleton:
Not given.
Distribution: Central California.
Depth: Intertidal.
Note: On harbor floats. Could well be an ecophenotypic variant of Leucosolenia nautilia.
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