Verongiida Aplysinellidae

Aplysinella sp. (OTU QM1719) (OTU QM1719)

Aplysinella sp - (1719) - Societe - Mehetia

External characters

erect, bulbous.

Colour

dark purple in ethanol.

Skeletal Characters

Oscules several, poorly formed breaks in surface.
Texture firm, compressible, fibrous.
Surface_Ornamentation numerous, small, regularly dispersed conulose projections.
Ectosomal_Skeleton membranous; collagen thick, heavily pigmented.
Choanosomal_Skeleton fibres moderate-sized, bark components dominant over pith; mesohyl collagen heavily pigmented, some foreign spicules embedded.
Megascleres nil.
Microscleres nil.
Mudmap_Author K Hall
Mudmap_Editor K Hall

Distribution

In French Polynesia: Society archipelago is.

Pacific Ocean: Fiji, Solomon islands, Australia

Ecology and habitat

On coral fringing reef.