Submitted |
Erylus expletus |
2004-09-02 |
South-East of Rockall Bank (55° 30' 00'' N, 15° 46' 60'' W) |
679m |
R.W.M. van Soest |
ZMA POR 18142 |
Zoological Museum of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Ethanol |
Paco Cárdenas |
Morphological description (show/hide)
massive, globular, 1 cm long | beige-brown | whitish | uniporal, slightly elevated margins, a sphincter is present. | not compressible, smooth | Ectocortex of smooth microrhabds, endocortex of aspidasters. Cortex is around 0.8 mm thick. |
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It is living on a dead coral branch. |
Reference (show/hide)
Cárdenas, P., Rapp, H.T., Schander, C. & Tendal, O.S. (2010) Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the Geodiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida) — combining phylogenetic and Linnaean classification. Zoologica Scripta, 39, 89-106. |
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