External characters
thickly encrusting subspherical lump
Colour
chlorophyl green on deck
Skeletal Characters
| Oscules | few small oscules scattered on surface, only slightly raised above it |
| Texture | harsh, firm |
| Surface_Ornamentation | even surface |
| Ectosomal_Skeleton | ectosomal skeleton with a tangential layer of oxeas forming a distinct surface layer, through which protrude sparse bundles or single oxeas from the ascending choanosomal skeleton, producing a plush surface |
| Choanosomal_Skeleton | choanosomal skeleton vaguely isodictyal with uni- to pauci-spicular tracts producing oval, rectangular or triangular meshes, densely packed and appearing lax; only light collagen in mesohyl |
| Megascleres | single category of oxeas, moderately long and with fusiform telescoped points |
| Microscleres | Nil |
| Mudmap_Author | JNA Hooper |
| Mudmap_Editor | K Hall |
Distribution
In French Polynesia: Society islands
Ecology and habitat
Outer reef slope.
JNA Hooper (2014). QM4869 Neopetrosia sp. (OTU QM4869) . 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).
