Cinachyrella sp - (4827) - Societe - Tahiti

Cinachyrella sp. (OTU QM4827) OTU QM4827

Tetractinellida Tetillidae

External characters

spherical, spiky in situ, buds over surface

Colour

bright yelllow with specks of black

Skeletal Characters

Oscules no porocalyces observed, but several large oscules visible between surface spikes
Texture stiff, spiky
Surface_Ornamentation large spikes prominent in situ
Ectosomal_Skeleton surface reinforced with small angular oxeas, large oxeas protrude through forming surface spikes; black pigment cells speckle ectosomal region
Choanosomal_Skeleton radial
Megascleres long straight robust oxeas, ranging down to shorter version of the same spicule; small angular oxeas; no triaenes observed but may be rare or broken
Microscleres sigmaspires, potentially microxeas but these may be smaller forms of megascleres
Mudmap_Author J Hooper
Mudmap_Editor J Hooper

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Society archipelago is.

Pacific Ocean: Papua New Guinea

Ecology and habitat

Outer reef slope.

J Hooper (2014). QM4827 Cinachyrella sp. (OTU QM4827) . 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).