WoRMS taxon details
original description
Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350. page(s): 326-327 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MSNG 48328, geounit East African Coral Coast [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Four erect tubes, 8-10 cm high, 2 cm diameter, wall 1-2 mm thick. Softly resilient. Main skeleton a reticulation of tracts of 2-4 spicules, with spongin at the nodes, meshes 180-280 µm, connected by single spicules. The skeleton is reinofrced by dendritic spongin fibres 16-32 µm thick, cored by 1-2 spicules. Oxeas 64-74 x 3.5 µm (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993). [details]
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