| 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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