Species Overview

Hamacantha (Vomerula) hyaloderma (de Laubenfels, 1932).

SPONGE:

Shape: Thinly; encrusting
Size_thickness: 1--3 mm
Color_Alive: Deep blue-violet
Consistency: Soft; fleshy

HABITAT:

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

Surface:

Texture: smooth.

Ectosome:

Architecture: fleshy; packed with microscleres

Choanosome:

Architecture: scattered plumose tracts of Tylostyles; points upward and outward. These form terminal brushes at surface

Skeleton:

Composition: Silicate
Architecture: scattered plumose tracts of Tylostyles; points upward and outward. These form terminal brushes at surface

Megasclere:

Shape: Tylostyles
Length: 142-(171|187)-227 µ
Width: 5--7 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Sigmas
Length: 12 -(23|25)- 65 µ

Microsclere:

Shape: Diacistras
Length: 23-(30|33)-41 µ
Frequency: May be scarce