Suberea sp - (2093) - Marquises - Nuku Hiva

Suberea sp. (OTU QM2093) OTU QM2093

Verongiida Aplysinellidae

External characters

encrusting.

Colour

yellow in life; dark purple in ethanol.

Skeletal Characters

Oscules few, small, scattered, on slightly raised areas.
Texture slightly firm, compressible.
Surface_Ornamentation detachable skin, smooth, heavily pigmented, opaque.
Ectosomal_Skeleton densely collagenous.
Choanosomal_Skeleton fibres rare; collagen dense, abundant spherulous cells.
Megascleres nil.
Microscleres nil.
Mudmap_Author K Hall
Mudmap_Editor K Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Society, Marquesas, Austral archipelago is.

Pacific Ocean: Fiji

Ecology and habitat

On rocky slope in Marquesas is.. Outer rim of the chanel in Austral is.. In muddy bay in Society is..

Queensland Museum (2014). QM2093 Suberea sp. (OTU QM2093) . 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).