Toxas present.
Acanthostrongyles to > 130 µm. |
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[B]
NO Toxas present.
Acanthostrongyles < 70 µm.
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Green & Bakus, 1994 |
Sponge:
Thin encrusting less than 0.1 mm thick.
Consistency: firm, fragile.
Surface: superficially smooth with several raised volcano-shaped elevations with single apical oscules scattered on surface. Radial pattern around oscula.
Color: White. ?Alive.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1)Acanthostyles:
109 -174- 244 µm.
x 5 -8- 10 µm.
(2)Tornotes:
187 -221- 273 µm.
x 5.0 µm.
(3) Acanthostrongyles:
39 -56- 65 µm.
x 5 -6- 8 µm.
Microscleres:
(1)Anchorate Isochelae, tridentate:
31 -33- 36 µm.
Skeleton:
Ectosome: Tightly packed Acanthostrongyles.
Choanosome: Bundles of Tornotes and Acanthotylostyles oriented vertically with tips extending into the dermis.
Distribution: Central California, Santa Maria Basin.
Depth: Subtidal to deep water, 90 -130.5 m.
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