Species Overview

Hymeniacidon sp. Green & Bakus, 1994.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_thickness: to 0.2
Color_Alive: White
Consistency: slightly compressible

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 168 -- 237 m
Distribution: Southern California; Western Santa Barbara Channel.
Associations: Habit

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: spicules lack organization.

Surface:

Texture: Smooth
Appearance: lace-like reticulation

Ectosome:

Architecture: not easily separated from endosome. Near surface multispicular tracts arranged in polygonal reticulation.

Choanosome:

Architecture: spicules lack organization.

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: 190 - 211 - 234 µ
Width: 5 - 6 - 8 µ