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Sponge flask OR vase shaped, 5 mm diameter, 6 mm high.
Microxeas present. |
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(Urban, 1905) [of de Laubenfels, 1932] |
Sponge:
Sponge flask- or vase-shaped, 5 mm diameter, 6 mm high.
Surface: reticulate, hispid.
Oscula: erect oscular crown.
Color: Preserved: White.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Oxeas (coronal):
500 um.
x 3 - 10 um.
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(2) Oxeas:
1000 um.
x 35 um.
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(3) Triradiates-Quadriradiates (rays):
90 um.
x 10 um.
mostly saggital.
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Microscleres:
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(1) Microxeas:
40 um.
x 2 um.
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Skeleton:
Syconoid.
Distribution: Central California. Monterey Bay.
Depth: Intertidal.
Note: Noted by de Laubenfels, 1932, but not seen in the field by de Laubenfels, or since reported. Burton, 1963 reports somewhat different measurements. See Burton, 1963, pg. 372 for details.
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Sponge cylindrical.
Microxeas absent.
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