| Submitted |
| Tethya coccinea |
| 1993-03-30 |
| NE Cape Grenville, Shelburne Bay CSIRO stn.31 (11° 42' 06'' S, 143° 28' 02'' E) |
| 18m |
| Cook, S.D. on FV Clipper Bird |
| G303083 |
| Queensland Museum |
| EtOH |
| JNA Hooper |
| 1st of January 1970 |
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Morphological description (show/hide)
| spherical, asexual buds ( | | orange or pink exterior, darker interior on d | | no observations. | | firm. | | bumpy, close set conules. | | radial, distinct tracts of megascleres tend plumose near periphery, asters mainly in periphery, mesohyl collagen moderately heavy. | | crust of asters, tips of megascleres protrude through surface. | | styles: ~850 _ 10-15 um. | | oxyasters: ~30-40 um (d), tylasters: spined, ~10 um (d). |
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Reference (show/hide)
| Erpenbeck D, Hall K, Alvarez B, Büttner G, Sacher K, Schätzle S, Schuster A, Vargas S, Hooper JNA, Wörheide G (in press) The phylogeny of halichondrid demosponges: past and present re-visited with DNA-barcoding data. The phylogeny of halichondrid demosponges: past and present re-visited with DNA-barcoding data. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. |
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