Morphological description (show/hide)
| massive, lobate. | | dark brown to light creamy beige in life, dar | | several, distinct, moderately small, regularly distributed, flush with surface. | | firm, rubbery. | | fleshy, collagenous, uneven, subectosomal drainage canals, grooves or ridges clearly visible. | | membranous, abundant granular pigment bodies, no specialised spiculation, surface membrane may be pushed up into slight conules by ascending choanosomal fibres. | | numerous small cavities regularly distributed throughout, regular reticulation of moderately well-developed spongin fibres, fibres cored axially by uni- to paucispicular tracts of spicules, ascending fibres more frequently cored axially by paucispicular tracts, transverse or connecting fibres cored mainly by unispicular tracts, mesohyl collagen moderately light, homogeneous, contains many free spicules regularly scattered throughout. | | acanthostyles: 2 classes, 1, verticillate ~165 ï¾µm, 2, verticillate, thin, ~140 ï¾µm, acanthoxeas: verticillate, ~160 ï¾µm. | | nil. |
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