CLASSIFICATION OF LEUCILLA
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
Found in Europe and U.S.A.
HABIT AND HABITAT
It is a small solitary and marine sponge.
GENERAL CHARACTERSTICS OF LEUCILLA
- Anterior apical portion is narrow.
- Posterior basal portion is broad and attached to substratum.
- Osculum is situated at the anterior extremity and is surrounded by oscular fringe of monaxon spicules.
- Canal system is of primitive leuconoid type.
- Each radial canal is subdivided into elongated flagellated chambers, grouped around a common excurrent channel.
- Skeleton is of inarticulate type.
IDENTIFICATION
The specimen has narrow anterior end with pores, oscular fringe and all above features hence it is Leucila
