Species Overview

Hymedesmia (?Hymedesmia) sp. C Green & Bakus, 1994.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Color_Alive?:
Consistency: fragile

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 75--90 m
Distribution: Southern California; Santa Maria Basin.

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