Holotype 61944
Description:
Multilamellate, foliose, fan sponge, 160 mm high, 104 mm wide, with a short thick stalk about 2 cm thick. Lamella up to 2 cm thick in places, attenuating to curled margins. Oscules were not visible on the holotype. Texture firm, compressible, flexible, granular and smooth to the touch. Colour in preservative tan. Subantarctic region of New Zealand, east of Snares Island Platform, NIWA Station TRIP3072/8; 48.5° S, 168.0° E; depth 125–213 m; 21 Oct. 2010; NIWA 61944
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Porifera (sponges)
- Demospongiae (demosponges)
- Heteroscleromorpha
- Tetractinellida
- Astrophorina
- Vulcanellidae
- Poecillastra
- Poecillastra ducitriaena
This image is not featured in any collections.
Source Information
- license
- cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
- copyright
- WoRMS Editorial Board
- contributor
- Cárdenas, Paco, P.
- original
- original media file
- visit source
- partner site
- World Register of Marine Species
- ID
