Chalinula sp - (4223) - Australes - Marotiri

Chalinula sp. (OTU QM4223) OTU QM4223

Haplosclerida Chalinidae

External characters

Bulbous encrusting

Colour

Pinkish alive, white in ethanol with black contaminants throughout sponge.

Skeletal Characters

Oscules Large on apex of bulbs
Texture Brittle, compressible.
Surface_Ornamentation Smooth
Megascleres Oxeas, 2 size classes
Microscleres Nil
Mudmap_Author J Hooper
Mudmap_Editor J Hooper

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Austral archipelago is.

Ecology and habitat

Under the rocks, on a flat bottom of slab.

J Hooper (2014). QM4223 Chalinula sp. (OTU QM4223) . 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).