External characters
Thickly encrusting mat, massive cushions..
Colour
yellowish brown living; Dark olive-grey in ethanol. Ext: moss green, Int: bright yellow.
Skeletal Characters
| Oscules | Slightly raised, scattered over surface. |
| Texture | Very tough. |
| Surface_Ornamentation | Covered with small truncate projections connected by minute ridges. |
| Ectosomal_Skeleton | membranous, with refractile granules. |
| Choanosomal_Skeleton | Close meshed secondary fibre skeleton with tertiary fibre skeleton scattered throughout. Fibres clear and lack lamellation. |
| Megascleres | nil. |
| Microscleres | nil. |
| Mudmap_Author | J Hooper |
| Mudmap_Editor | K Hall |
Ecology and habitat
In Marquesas, on the rocky slope.
In Tuamotu, on the outer reef slope and in the lagoon on the pinnacles.
Distribution
In French Polynesia: Marquesas and Tuamotu islands.
Hooper, J.N.A. (2009). QM1514 Dactylospongia elegans 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).
