| Submitted |
| Biemna saucia |
| 1993-09-19 |
| East Arm,Darwin,reef N of boatramp,S of S She (12° 29' 08'' S, 130° 53' 05'' E) |
| Hooper, J N A and Hobbs, L J |
| G303281 |
| Queensland Museum, Brisbane |
| Ethanol |
| Dr Hooper, John |
| 15th of April 2011 |
| Mitchel et al, 2011 Zootaxa |
Morphological description (show/hide)
| Shaggy-digitate and delicate. Massive, fibrous, vaguely cylindrical base. Numerous erect fibrous digits arise from the base. | | pale yellow-beige | | pale yellow-beige | | small (1-2mm diameter) and large pores (up to 8mm diameter), which are scattered over digits. | | fibrous stringy texture with fragile Halichondria-like consistency. | | The surface is membraneous | | renieroid reticulate near the periphery, becoming vaguely halichondrioid-reticulate near the axis | | No specialised regional spiculation. There are spicule bundles standing erect on the surface. | | Styles, two size classes | | Sigmas, three size categories. Microxeas, two size classes and raphides. |
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Reference (show/hide)
| Mitchell, K. D., Hall, K. A., & Hooper, J. N. A. (2011). A new species of Sigmaxinella Dendy, 1897 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Desmacellidae) from the Tasman Sea. Zootaxa, 2901, 19–34. |
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