Coscinoderma sp - (4176) - Societe - Raiatea

Coscinoderma sp. (OTU QM4176) OTU QM4176

Dictyoceratida Spongiidae

External characters

massive.

Colour

beige in ethanol.

Skeletal Characters

Oscules small, barely visible, scarce.
Texture firm, barely compressible, tough.
Surface_Ornamentation uneven, spiny, fibrous.
Ectosomal_Skeleton very thin arenaceous layer.
Choanosomal_Skeleton fibrous; confused reticulation dominated by secondary fibres; secondary fibres clear; mesohyl light, even.
Megascleres nil.
Microscleres nil.
Mudmap_Author K Hall
Mudmap_Editor K Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Society archipelago.

Ecology and habitat

In the lagoon, on hard substrate.

Queensland Museum (2014). QM4176 Coscinoderma sp. (OTU QM4176) . 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).