Haliclona-reniera sp - (2556) - Tuamotu - Tikehau

Haliclona (Reniera) sp. (OTU QM2555) OTU QM2555

Haplosclerida Chalinidae

External characters

Encrusting bulbous, stoloniferous.

Colour

Beige/brown.

Skeletal Characters

Oscules At tip of stolons or fistule-like projections.
Texture Soft, compressible.
Surface_Ornamentation Porous.
Ectosomal_Skeleton Very slightly hispid, some primary fibres.
Choanosomal_Skeleton Light reticular, regular spongin network sparsely cored by one, and sometimes a couple of spicules.
Megascleres Oxeas 70 – 80um.
Microscleres nil.
Mudmap_Author J Hooper
Mudmap_Editor K Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Tuamotu islands

Pacific Ocean: Australia, Vanuatu

Ecology and habitat

Outer rim of the pass. Outer reef slope.

QM2555 Haliclona (Reniera) sp. (OTU QM2555) . 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).