Dysidea sp - (1214) - Societe - Raiatea

Dysidea sp. (OTU QM1214) OTU QM1214

Dictyoceratida Dysideidae

External characters

digitate, irregularly erect, anastomosing or bifurcate cylindrical digits, tapering to apex, multiple points of attachment.

Colour

sandy grey in life; grey-brown in ethanol.

Skeletal Characters

Oscules small, few, scattered.
Texture soft, fleshy.
Surface_Ornamentation numerous, evenly distributed fleshy pointed conules interconnected by ridges.
Ectosomal_Skeleton arenaceous.
Choanosomal_Skeleton more-or-less reticulate, irregular; fibres fully cored by sand; mesohyl collagen moderately heavy.
Megascleres nil.
Microscleres nil.
Mudmap_Author J Hooper
Mudmap_Editor K Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Society islands

Ecology and habitat

In the lagoon.