Species Overview

Heterochone calyx (Schulze,1886).

DEFINING CHARACTERS:

Dermalia = Pinular Hexactins with distal ray short/club-shaped/blunt.

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SPONGE:

Shape: Caliciform with tubular lateral projections.
Color_Alive: White to orange.

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water.
Distribution: Throughout California

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate (Hexactin)
Architecture: Rigid framework penetrated by diarhysial channels.

Megasclere:

Shape: Uncinates
Length: 560 -850- 1460 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Pinular Hexactins
Length-distal ray: 60 -89- 150 µ
Length-tangential ray: 91-148- 211 µ
Length-proximal ray: 69 -314- 950 µ

Mesosclere:

Shape: Hexactins
Length-ray: 92 -128- 204 µ

Mesosclere:

Shape: Scopules
Length: 206 -328- 630 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Discohexactins
Diameter: 44 -59- 88 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Oxyhexactins
Diameter: 62 -74- 99 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Hemidiscohexasters
Diameter: 49 -63- 80 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Hemi-oxyhexasters
Diameter: 53 -74- 91 µ