Leucilla nuttingi ( Urban, 1902 )

Turner, Thomas L. & Lonhart, Steve I., 2023, The Sponges of the Carmel Pinnacles Marine Protected Area, Zootaxa 5318 (2), pp. 151-194 : 190

Leucilla nuttingi ( Urban, 1902)

Figures 1I & 24A

Figures

FIGURE 1. Assorted sponges from the Carmel Pinnacles. Acarnus erithacus (A), Scopalina jali (B), Acanthancora cyanocrypta (visible as a blue crust) (C), Cliona californiana (a boring species, visible as tiny yellow papillae) (D), Neopetrosia problematica (E), Endectyon hyle (F), Amphimedon trindenea (G), Tethya californiana (H), Leucilla nuttingi (I), Leucosolenia sp. (J). B, D, F, I are discussed in the systematics section below; other species were not collected, and are identified with field photos only.

FIGURE 24. Obruta collector. Field photos of IZC00048463 (A) and holotype (B). Leucilla nuttingi sample IZC00048456 visible as small calcareous growths on O. collector in A. C: cross-section at surface of sponge, from holotype. D: Cross-section at base of sponge, from TLT522. E: style from SBMNH700907. F:Anisoxea from SBMNH700907. G: oxea from IZC00048464. H–J: sinuous oxeas. H,I from holotype, J from SBMNH700924.