Species Overview
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Hymedesmia (?Hymedesmia) sp. C Green & Bakus, 1994.
Synonyms:
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SPONGE:
Shape:
Encrusting
Color_Alive?:
Consistency:
fragile
HABITAT:
Benthic Region:
Marine: Deep water
Depth:
75--90 m
Distribution:
Southern California; Santa Maria Basin.
CHARACTERS
Surface:
Texture:
prickly. hispid.
Ectosome:
Spicules:
With Tornotes and Styles.
Choanosome:
Architecture:
vertically-oriented. Acantho-subtylostyles of two size classes; heads buried in spongin
Megasclere:
Shape:
Acanthostyles
Length:
130 -173- 182 µm
Width:
10 -11- 13 µm
Megasclere:
Shape:
Acanthostyles
Length:
340 -423- 580 µm
Width:
21 -22- 23 µm
Megasclere:
Shape:
Tornotes
Length:
81 -154- 208 µm
Width:
3.0 -5.0- 8.0 µm
Microsclere:
Shape:
Arcuate Isochelae
Length:
21 -27- 34 µm
Microsclere:
Shape:
Sigmas
Length:
16 -20- 23 µm
Microsclere:
Shape:
Sigmas
Length:
55 -58- 59 µm
Skeleton:
Composition:
Silicate]
Architecture:
Vertically-oriented. Acanthosubtylostyles of two size classes; heads buried in spongin