Description
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Growth form encrusting (3–8 mm thick). Consistency fragile. Colour light grey to pale violet. Surface reticulate, conulose showing the internal aquiferous system in transparency. Conules 1–3 mm high, 3–5 mm apart. Oscules (5–7 mm) scattered, with a transparent collar. Skeletal network irregular with meshes (200–600 µm in diameter) formed by ascending primary fibres (70–90 µm in diameter) cored of foreign material, and secondary fibres (5–30 µm in diameter) generally lacking inclusions.
- license
- cc-by-3.0
- copyright
- Renata Manconi, Barbara Cadeddu, Fabio Ledda, Roberto Pronzato
- bibliographic citation
- Manconi R, Cadeddu B, Ledda F, Pronzato R (2013) An overview of the Mediterranean cave-dwelling horny sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) ZooKeys 281: 1–68
- author
- Renata Manconi
- author
- Barbara Cadeddu
- author
- Fabio Ledda
- author
- Roberto Pronzato
