Species Overview

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) sp. 4 [of Lee].

SPONGE:

Shape: Irregular encrusting; somewhat foliaceous
Color: Not Given

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Distribution: Southern California

Surface:

Texture: superficially smooth but micro-hispid
Contour: irregularly lumpy with many depressions and furrows

Ectosome:

Architecture: Loose palisade of Tornotes at surface. Surface barely penetrated by Acanthostyles.

Choanosome:

Architecture: Somewhat confused Isodictyal reticulation of Acanthostyles: 2 - 5 spicules thick. Nodes thick.

Microsclere:

Shape: Arcuate Isochelae
Length: 23 -(27|32)- 43 µ

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Somewhat confused Isodictyal reticulation of Acanthostyles: 2 - 5 spicules thick. Nodes thick.

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 149 -(172| 211)- 248 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Tornotes
Length: 162 -(173|181)- 205 µ