Species Overview

Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) sp. F Green & Bakus, 1994.

SPONGE:

Shape: Encrusting
Size_thickness: --0.2 mm
Color_Alive: Transparent dermis; light orange base.
Consistency: Fragile

HABITAT:

Benthic Region: Marine: Deep water
Distribution: Southern California

Surface:

Texture: Smooth; granular.

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: Vertically-oriented Acanthotylotes.

Ectosome:

Architecture: Thin detachable dermis with abundant Isochelae; tangential skeleton of Subtylotes.

Choanosome:

Architecture: Vertically-oriented Acanthotylotes.

Megasclere:

Shape: Acanthostyles
Length: 121 -(137|151)- 169 µ
Width: -8- µ

Megasclere:

Shape: Subtylotes - Tylotes
Length: 188 -(202|225)- 242 µ
Width: 5 -7- 8 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Arcuate Isochelae
Length: 24 -27- 30 µ