External characters
massive subspherical, lobate, moderately small fistules, found under overhangs
Colour
pale brown, covered with sediment and detritus in situ
Skeletal Characters
| Oscules | few large oscules on fistules |
| Texture | firm but compressible, dense construction |
| Surface_Ornamentation | smooth aside from large fistules with terminal oscules |
| Ectosomal_Skeleton | distinct ectosomal palisade of paratangential oxeas forming thick cortical region |
| Choanosomal_Skeleton | halichondroid reticulation of long oxeas with only vague orientation towards the surface, predominantly spiculiferous with only light collagen |
| Megascleres | long robust oxeas |
| Microscleres | nil |
| Mudmap_Author | J Hooper |
| Mudmap_Editor | K Hall |
Distribution
In French Polynesia: Tahiti
In the Pacific Ocean: Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo)
Ecology and habitat
Found on the outer reef slope, near the pass and in the lagoon on pinacles.
J Hooper (2014). QM4804 Halichondria (Halichondria) sp. (OTU QM4804) . 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).
