Aplysinella sp - (1719) - Societe - Mehetia

Aplysinella sp. (OTU QM1719) OTU QM1719

Verongiida Aplysinellidae

External characters

erect, bulbous.

Colour

dark purple in ethanol.

Skeletal Characters

Oscules several, poorly formed breaks in surface.
Texture firm, compressible, fibrous.
Surface_Ornamentation numerous, small, regularly dispersed conulose projections.
Ectosomal_Skeleton membranous; collagen thick, heavily pigmented.
Choanosomal_Skeleton fibres moderate-sized, bark components dominant over pith; mesohyl collagen heavily pigmented, some foreign spicules embedded.
Megascleres nil.
Microscleres nil.
Mudmap_Author K Hall
Mudmap_Editor K Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Society archipelago is.

Pacific Ocean: Fiji, Solomon islands, Australia

Ecology and habitat

On coral fringing reef.