Irregularly massive, encrusting |
Yellow to creamish |
Cream |
Not evident |
Soft and fragile |
The surface is irregular with digitate fistules opening in oscular cavities |
Spicules are randomly arranged, but in the superficial parts they tend to form ascending tracts of about 3/4 spicules connected by transversal spicules, this way creating a pseudo-organized reticulate skeleton |
The ectosomal skeleton is made by tangential intercrossing spicules. Numerous foreign spicules and sand grains are present |
Styles are of a single category, in general straight, their width is constant along the spicule axis, and the tips are sharply pointed 195-(215?9)-230 x 3.7-(5.6?1.3)-7.5 um |