External characters
massive, bulbous, partially excavating, cavernous interior, binding coral, Halimeda and detritus
Colour
pinkish red exterior, bright red interior alive
Skeletal Characters
| Oscules | large, covering a significant portion of upper surface |
| Texture | harsh (sandy) but compressible |
| Surface_Ornamentation | macro-conulose, cavernous |
| Ectosomal_Skeleton | heavily collagenous and some detritus on ectosome and below the surface |
| Choanosomal_Skeleton | heavily collagenous, heavy deposits of detritus in place |
| Megascleres | nil |
| Microscleres | nil |
| Mudmap_Author | J Hooper |
| Mudmap_Editor | K Hall |
Distribution
In French Polynesia: Tuamotu islands
Pacific Ocean: Vanuatu
Ecology and habitat
In the lagoon, on pearl lines.
J Hooper (2014). QM4798 Psammoclema sp. (OTU QM4798) . In: Hall, K.A. & Hooper, J.N.A. (2014) SpongeMaps: an online community for taxonomy and identification of sponges. (Available at http://www.spongemaps.org).
