Species Overview

Plocamionida lyoni (Bakus, 1966).

SPONGE:

Shape: Thin encrusting
Size_Thickness: --2 cm
Color_Alive: Olive-tan; yellow; gold; buff

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Intertidal; Subtidal; Deep water
Depth: -51- m
Distribution: Central California to Northern California

Surface:

Texture: can be smooth
Contour: most often covered with rounded nodules and deep grooves

Oscula:

Diameter: --200 µ

Ectosome:

Spicules: Tornotes grouped at surface

Choanosome:

Architecture: Basal reticulation of small Acanthostyles. Large Acanthostyles forming plumose tracts that protrude from surface

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 63 -(96|117) - 159 µ
Width: 7.0 - 7.5 ]- 159 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 116 -(161|208)- 301 µ
Width: 8.5 --9.5 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Tornotes
Length: 92 -(117|133)- 152 µ
Width: 3.4 --4.5 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Arcuate Isochelae
Length: 12 -(20|27)- 31 µ

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Basal reticulation of small Acanthostyles. Large Acanthostyles forming plumose tracts that protrude from surface