External characters
small subspherical
Colour
yellow alive
Skeletal Characters
| Oscules | single small apical osculum |
| Texture | harsh |
| Surface_Ornamentation | smooth, unornamented |
| Ectosomal_Skeleton | ectosomal skeleton detachable, consisting of small strongyles/ strongyloxeas more-or-less erect and larger strongyles running tangentially, with prominent columns of larger strongyles arising from the choanosome supporting the ectosomal crust, and generally a distinct subectosomal cavity |
| Choanosomal_Skeleton | choanosomal skeleton less organised, with larger and smaller spicules scattered and in tracts, moderate collagen in the mesohyl |
| Megascleres | megascleres consist of small, usually very curved but mostly symetrical strongyles or strongyloxeas, and much larger strongyles including sinous or recurved strongyles/ strongyloxeas |
| Microscleres | Nil |
| Mudmap_Author | JNA Hooper |
| Mudmap_Editor | K Hall |
Distribution
In French Polynesia: Tuamotu islands
Ecology and habitat
Outer reef slope.
JNA Hooper (2014). QM4855 Bubaris sp (OTU QM4855) . 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).
