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Spirodiscohexasters and Drepanocomes present. |
| | Saccocalyx pedunculatus
Schulze, 1895 |
Sponge:
Stipitate: Cup with lateral diverticula on long hollow stalk.
Color: White, ?Alive.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Diactins:
1.18 -2.18- 5.06 mm.
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(2) Pinular Hexactins (distal ray):
392 - 496- 595 um.
(tangential ray): 116 -203- 297 um.
(proximal ray) 106 -373- 604 um.
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(3) Hexactins (ray):
258 -738- 1341 um.
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Microscleres:
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(1) Spirodiscohexasters (diameter):
118 -147- 176 um.
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(2) Drepanocomes (diameter):
142 -265- 329 um.
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(3) Aspidoplumicomes (diameter):
50 -65- 76 um.
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Skeleton:
Cup with loose spicules; stalk with diactins fused by synapticulae.
Distribution: Northern California.
Depth: Deep water.
Note: The specimen described as Nubicaulus careyi by Reiswig, 1999, was synonymized to Saccocalyx pedunculatus by Tabachnick, 2002. All data and figures from CASIZ 113632. Cosmopolitan.
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Spirodiscohexasters and Drepanocomes NOT present.
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