Hemectyon pearsei

Size

Colony height: 2cm (0.8") Colony width: 3cm (1.2")

Recognition Characters

Small, ellipsoidal with many compressed, vertical elongated units. Consistency is stiffly spongy. Surface is marked by many upright ridges from which spicules project. Spicules are smooth subtylostyles characteristic of dermal brushes and membranes and small acanthostyles sharply bent.

Color

Habitat & Depth

Attach to rocks or within crevices of reef. Depth unknown.

Distribution at GRNMS

Rare. No voucher specimens have been collected.

Geographic Range

North Carolina south to Florida

Behavior & Notes

Synonyms

References

Wells et al. 1960