Species Overview

Endectyon (Hemectyon) sp. A Green & Bakus, 1994.

SPONGE:

Shape: Rugose; no stalk.
Color_Preserved: Light Tan
Consistency: Firm but compressible

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Depth: 75 -- 90 m
Distribution: Santa Maria Basin; Southern California

Surface:

Contour: rugose with many raised lamellar projections
Texture: prickly

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Plumoreticulate with axial core and echinating spicules.

Megasclere:

Shape: Styles
Length: 1.50-2.32-2.75 mm
Width: 21 -27- 31 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 420 - 483- 560 µ
Width: 26 -32- 42 µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthotylostyles
Length: 150 -219- 350 µ
Width: 8 -15- 21 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Rhaphides
Length: 480 -545- 800 µ
Width: 4 -4- 5 µ