Species Overview

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) sp. B Hartman, 1975 .

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_Thickness: --1 mm
Color_Alive: Salmon

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal to Subtidal
Distribution: Central California

Ectosome:

Architecture: Tylotes arranged vertically to form a dense plush at surface

Choanosome:

Architecture: Acanthostyles with heads embedded in basal spongin. Also dense tracts of Tylotes

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 96 -106- 248 µ
Width: -8.0-]. µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Subtylotes - Tylotes
Length: 141 -200- 204 µ
Width: -5.5- µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Arcuate Isochelae
Length: 21 -35- 43 µ

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate