Species Overview

Dragmacidon mexicanum (de Laubenfels, 1935) [of Sim & Bakus, 1986]

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Color_Preserved: Drab
Consistency: spongy to fragile

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water?
Depth: -140- m
note: reported depth is suspect
Distribution: Gulf of California

Surface:

Texture: resembles that of Acarnus erithacus

Oscula:

Density: numerous

Ectosome:

Dermal membrane: Not evident

Choanosome:

Architecture: plumo-reticulate with multispicular columns 152-212 µm thick. Cross-bracing thick made up of multiple spicules wrapped in thick spongin

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: 273 -(390|400)- 473 µ
Width: 16 -25- 27 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Oxeas
Length: 300 -(437|465)- 473 µ
Width: 16 -(23|25)- 28 µ