Species Overview

Endectyon (Hemectyon) sp. B Green & Bakus, 1994.

SPONGE:

Shape: Branching projections from encrusting base; no stalk
Size_thickness_base: 0.3 -- 0.4 mm
Size_height_Branching projections: 1--2 mm
Color_Alive: White?

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 90 -- 130.5 m
Distribution: Southern California; Santa Maria Basin

Surface:

Texture: finely hispid. Crusty

Megasclere:

Shape: Style-straight and with head end bent.
Length: 280 -558- 730 µ
Width: 16 -25- 31 µ

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Plumose with axial core of Styles and echinating Acanthostyles.

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 230 -305- 460 µ
Width: 18 -22- 26 µ