Hymedesmia jecusculum
| Hymedesmia jecusculum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Poecilosclerida |
| Family: | Hymedesmiidae |
| Genus: | Hymedesmia |
| Species: | H. jecusculum
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| Binomial name | |
| Hymedesmia jecusculum | |
Hymedesmia jecusculum is a species of demosponge in the family Hymedesmiidae.
Distribution
This species was described from a cave on the coast of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom where it was collected at low water spring tides by Captain F.W.L Thomas of the Hydrological Survey.[1]
Description
This sponge has acanthostyles of two size classes, 360-430 μm and 120-140 μm in length. The skeleton spicules are slightly fusiform tornotes with one end pointed and the other slightly rounded, 270-350 μm in length. The chelae are curved isochelae with the alae equal to the gap between them, 20-26 μm in length.[2]
References
- ^ a b Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2, pages 198-200. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII.
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2023). Hymedesmia jecusculum. (Bowerbank, 1866). [In] Sponges of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2026-01-17