External characters
spherical or subspherical, stalked or not, <17 cm (d); cave fauna.
Colour
orange-pink in life.
Skeletal Characters
| Oscules | minute. |
| Texture | calcareous, coral-like. |
| Surface_Ornamentation | asterose canals (astrorhizae). |
| Ectosomal_Skeleton | no observations. |
| Choanosomal_Skeleton | calcareous reticulate basal skeleton, verticillate acanthostyles embedded in walls. |
| Megascleres | acanthostyles: verticillate. |
| Microscleres | nil. |
| Mudmap_Author | J Hooper |
| Mudmap_Editor | K Hall |
Ecology and habitat
outer slope of the reef, in caves.
Distribution
In French Polynesia : Tuamotu
J Hooper (2014). QM0656 Astrosclera willeyana Lister, 1900. In: Hall, K.A. & Hooper, J.N.A. (2014)
