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.