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.