Species Overview

Endectyon (Hemectyon) hyle (de Laubenfels, 1930) [of Green & Bakus, 1994].

SPONGE:

Shape: Frondose; Stalked. Stalk 1/3 of length
Color_Preserved: Tan
Color_Alive: possibly Brick Red

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Subtidal to Deep water
Depth: 14 -- 89 m
Distribution: Southern California to Northern California

Surface:

Texture: superficially smooth; finely hispid.

Oscula:

Visible: No pores or oscula visible.

Megasclere:

Shape: Style
Length: 1.13-1.77-2.20 mm
Width: 18 -25- 34 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Style
Length: 280 -470- 680 µ
Width: 8 -16- 31 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyle point acanthose
Length: 340 -433- 480 µ
Width: 23 -27- 36 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Stylote Rhaphides
Length: 450 -480- 500 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Oxeote Rhaphides
Length: 450 -480-500 µ

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: no details given