[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.
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(2) Acanthostyles:
230 -305- 460 um.
x 18 -22- 26 um.
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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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(Dickenson, 1945) [of Green & Bakus, 1994] |
Sponge:
No stalk, fan-shaped.
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