[A]
Acanthostyles of 1 size class.
Sponge with branching projections from an encrusting base |
| | Endectyon sp. B
Green & Bakus, 1994 |
Sponge:
Branching projections from encrusting base, no stalk 0.3 to 0.4 mm thick. Branching projections 1-2 mm tall.
Surface: finely hispid, Crusty texture.
Color: White, ?Alive..
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Styles:
280 -558- 730 um.
x 16 -25- 31] um.
(2) Acanthostyles:
230 -305- 460 um.
x 18 -22- 26 um.
Skeleton:
Plumose with axial core of Styles and echinating Acanthostyles.
Distribution: Southern California, Santa Maria Basin.
Depth: Deep water, 90 - 130.5 m.
Note: Specimens in poor condition. Absence of Rhaphides and long Styles may be a result of this.
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[B]
Acanthostyles to Acanthosubtylostyles of 2 size classes.
Sponge fan-shaped.
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| | Endectyon (Endectyon) hymani
(Dickenson, 1945) [of Green & Bakus, 1994] |
Sponge:
No stalk, fan-shaped.
Consistency: slightly compressible.
Surface: lace-like, ridged. Finely hispid. prickly.
Oscula: No pores or oscula visible.
Color: Preserved: Drab to almost white.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1)Styles:
to 2250 μm x 16 -24- 29 um.
(2) Acanthostyles:
250 -317- 420 um.
x 18 -26- 36 um.
(3) Acanthostyles:
150 -160- 200 um.
x 10 -12- 16 um.
Microscleres:
(1)Rhaphides (stylotes):
650 -755- 940 um.
x 4 -5- 5 um.
Skeleton:
Plumoreticulate with axial core and echinating spicules.
Distribution: Southern California.
Depth: Deep water, 90 - 150 m.
Note: Was Hemectyon hymani.
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