Species Overview

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) sp. Klontz, 1989.

SPONGE:

Shape: Thinly encrusting
Size_Thickness: --2 mm
Color_Alive: Orange

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Distribution: Central California

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate

Oscula:

Visible: When alive

Ectosome:

Dermal membrane: with microscleres

Choanosome:

Architecture: Acanthostyles with heads buried in basal spongin and Subtylote tracts to surface

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 96 -(115|124)- 136 µ
Width: 6 -(8|9.2)- 12 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 176 -(318|384)- 496 µ
Width: x 6 -(10|13)- 16 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Subtylotes
Length: 184 -(235|273)- 336 µ
Width: 4 - (6|8)- 10 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Arcuate Isochelae
Length: 25 -(28|31)- 35 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmas
Length: 27 -(50|58)- 61 µ