Morphological description (show/hide)
| consisting of a basal mass covering 5 x 2 x 0.5 – 1 cm, partially covered by sediment and ex situ with 12 thin, orange coloured, semitransparent fistules of irregular outline, up to 2 cm in height and a diameter of 2 - 3 mm | | orange | | cream | | no oscules visible | | short spicule tracts, one to two spicules long and one to five spicules in diameter, branching from a spicule axis running through the center of the fistules | | The ectosome of the fistules consists of an organic veneer with circular apertures, presumably ostia, 30 – 35 µm in diameter (Fig. 3C). This organic veneer is supported by short spicule tracts, one to two spicules long and one to five spicules in diameter, branching from a spicule axis running through the center of the fistules | | Spicules consist of two categories of oxeas: large oxeas, 605 – (710.5) – 809 x 3 – 15 µm (possibly divided into a thick, 10 - 15 µm and a thin, 3 - 7 µm category with some occurring intermediates) and small oxeas, 154 – (201) – 261 x 8 – 10 µm. Oxeas occasionally have telescoped ends | | none |
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