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118 Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Paper <strong>NMFS</strong> 12<br />
98. Bubaris vermiculata (Bowerbank, 1866)<br />
Description. This sponge is encrusting, elongated, foliate<br />
or lobate. Consistency is s<strong>of</strong>t with a hispid surface.<br />
Dimensions are <strong>to</strong> 15 cm 2 . Color in life is bright red <strong>to</strong><br />
golden brown.<br />
Skeletal structure. It has characteristic axinellid spicule<br />
tracts. Styles are 426–4550 × 10–38 µm; strongyles<br />
and oxeas are irregularly curved or dis<strong>to</strong>rted (208–588<br />
× 6–15 µm).<br />
Zoogeographic distribution. Widespread and locally<br />
common. In Alaska – central Aleutian Islands. Elsewhere<br />
– Arctic Ocean (Barents and Greenland Seas),<br />
North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Azores),<br />
and Mediterranean Sea.<br />
Habitat. In Alaska – encrusts muds<strong>to</strong>ne, cobbles, and<br />
pebbles at depths between 165 and 888 m. Elsewhere –<br />
reported at depths between 9 and 1360 m.<br />
Remarks. This is <strong>the</strong> same species as Axinella vermiculata<br />
sensu Koltun, 1959.<br />
Pho<strong>to</strong>s. 1) Specimen (center) collected with <strong>the</strong><br />
gorgonian Plumarella aleutiana at a depth <strong>of</strong> 165 m in<br />
<strong>the</strong> central Aleutian Islands. Grid marks are 1 cm 2 .<br />
2) Specimen (right) collected on muds<strong>to</strong>ne at a depth<br />
<strong>of</strong> 888 m in <strong>the</strong> central Aleutian Islands.