Sponge Barcoding Database: Specimen List

Growth form	Elongate subspherical. Cave fauna.
Color alive	White alive, white on deck, white in ethanol
Oscules	Several, irregularly distributed on apex of sponge, conspicuous, discrete, moderate size, with slightly raised membranous lip.
Texture	Hard, stony, incompressible.
Surface ornamentation	Opaque, membranous, hispid, Even, unornamented.
Choanosomal skeleton	Dense, confused reticulation of multispicular and unispicular tracts of oxeas. Small ovoid meshes of up to 450ï¾µm are uncommon in the subectosomal region. Mesohyl collagen is very light and homogeneous.
Ectosomal skeleton	Erect palisade of oxeas obscuring a loose paucispicular layer of oxeas.
Megascleres	Oxeas ( slightly stepped ends~930 um, ~600 um)
Microscleres	nil.

Show/Hide	Sequence #839	CO1 Folmer
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ACTCTTTATTTATTATTAGGGGCATTTGCAGGGATGATCGGAACAGCGTTTAGTATGTTAATAAGATTAGAACTTTCGGC ACCAGGTTCAATGCTAGGTGATGATCATTTATACAATGTTATAGTAACTGCTCATGCCTTTGTTATGATATTTTTGTTAG TAATGCCAGTAATGATAGGAGGGTTTGGTAATTGATTTGTGCCGCTATATATAGGTTCTCGTGACATGGCTTTCCCAAGA CTTAATAATATAAGTTTTTGAGTATTACCTCCATCATTAACTTTATTATTGGGTTTTGTTTTTGTTGAACAAGGGGCAGG AACGGGATGGACCGTTTACCCCCCCTTAGCAAGCATACAAACACATTCAGGGGGGTCAGTAGACATGGTTATTTTTAGTA TTCATTTAGCCGGAATCTCTTCAATATTAGGGGCCATGAATTTTATTACAACTATATTAAATATGCGGGCGCCAGGAATA ACAATGGATAGAATGCCACTATTTGTGTGATCAATTTTAATTACGGCCTTTTTATTATTACTATCCTTGCCGGTATTAGC CGGGGCGATTAAAGGGCTTTTAACAGATAGAAATTTTAATATGACATTCTT

Record #813: Halichondria (Halichondria) sp. 1984