Dysidea sp - (1584) - Societe - Tahiti

Dysidea sp. (OTU QM1584) OTU QM1584

Dictyoceratida Dysideidae

External characters

thickly encrusting, bulbous projections.

Colour

beige in life; beige in ethanol.

Skeletal Characters

Oscules medium-sized, obvious, terminal on bulbs; raised lips obvious only in situ.
Texture compressible, slightly brittle.
Surface_Ornamentation microconulose, thin surface tissue, mottled appearance.
Ectosomal_Skeleton indistinct from choanosome; sandy.
Choanosomal_Skeleton primary and secondary tracts of fibres evenly reticulated; fibres fully cored by sand.
Megascleres nil.
Microscleres nil.
Mudmap_Author P Sutcliffe
Mudmap_Editor K Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Society islands

Ecology and habitat

In caves.