Species Overview

Endectyon (Hemectyon) hymani (Dickenson, 1945) [of Green & Bakus, 1986]

SPONGE:

Shape: No stalk; fan-shaped
Color_Preserved: Drab to almost white
Consistency: Slightly compressible

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 90 -- 150 m
Distribution: Southern California

Surface:

Contour: lace-like; ridged

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Plumoreticulate with axial core and echinating spicules

Oscula:

Visible: No pores or oscula visible

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: -- 2250 µ
Width: 16 -24- 29 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 250 -317- 420] µ
Width: 18 -26- 36 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 150 -160- 200 µ
Width: 10 -12- 16 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Rhaphides (stylotes)
Length: 650 -755- 940 µ
Width: 4 -5- 5 µ