Axinella sp (353) - Société - Raiatea

Axinella sp. (OTU QM0353) OTU QM0353

Axinellida Axinellidae

External characters

meandering, flabellate, digitate.

Colour

bright orange in life.

Skeletal Characters

Surface_Ornamentation prominently microconulose, similar to species of Ulosa.
Choanosomal_Skeleton plumose brushes of styles, oxeas or styloxeas (similar to Clathria (Clathria) biclathrata Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994).
Megascleres styles; oxeas or styloxeas: 180–260 × 6–16 μm.
Microscleres nil.
Mudmap_Author Queensland Museum
Mudmap_Editor Kathryn Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Society islands

In Pacific Ocean: Australia

Ecology and habitat

In the lagoon, in a bay, in a muddy environment.

Queensland Museum (2014). QM0353 Axinella sp. (OTU QM0353) . 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).