Tedania sp (OTU QM4864) OTU QM4864

Poecilosclerida Tedaniidae

External characters

bulbous thickly encrusting with tendrils on upper surface

Colour

yellowish brown on deck

Skeletal Characters

Oscules small, on upper surface surmounted on blind fistules
Texture soft, compressible
Surface_Ornamentation surface shaggy with long tendrils
Ectosomal_Skeleton ectosomal skeleton a tangential layer of tylotes with both choanosomal spicules and microscleres protruding paratangentially
Choanosomal_Skeleton choanosomal skeleton reticulate, fairly cavernous, with tracts cored by styles and abundant onychaetes; mesohyl very light
Megascleres ectosomal tylotes with prominent and very small microspined tyles, and choanosomal styles with smooth evenly rounded bases
Microscleres onychaetes of two size classes
Mudmap_Author JNA Hooper
Mudmap_Editor K Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Society archipelago is.

Ecology and habitat

In caves.

JNA Hooper (2014). QM4864 Tedania sp (OTU QM4864) . 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).