Aplysinopsis sp - (4400) - Gambier

Aplysinopsis sp. (OTU QM4400) OTU QM4400

Dictyoceratida Thorectidae

External characters

bulbous with fistules; base spreading over substrate; fistules blind, thin, erect.

Colour

brown with black areas in ethanol.

Skeletal Characters

Oscules not apparent.
Texture compressibly, spongy, easily torn.
Surface_Ornamentation conulose.
Ectosomal_Skeleton thin, sandy crust.
Choanosomal_Skeleton fibres few, large; mesohyl light.
Megascleres nil.
Microscleres nil.
Mudmap_Author P Sutcliffe/M Schlacher-Hoenlinger
Mudmap_Editor K Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Gambier archipelago

Ecology and habitat

Outer reef slope