Raspailiidae () |
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sessile; marine |
Southwest Pacific: Endemic to Kermadec Islands. |
Erect. Thick, round or oval branches begin close to basal disc, turns flat and expanded as it goes up; digitate processes as ultimate branchings. Surface unbroken by conuli. When dry, color is reddish-brown and oscula are absent. Tough skeleton, abundant spongin. Primary fibres: uneven; generally radiating; cored abundantly with smooth slender styli and tylostyli, with few slender oxea. Secondary fibres: ovally or polygonally meshed with primary fibres, usually in rectangles in younger parts; not cored (Ref. 88951). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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harmless |
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