Warning: session_start(): open(e:\temp\sess_e99dd2a080ec898596da37370be1ff37, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\lang_session.php on line 4

Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: e:\temp) in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\lang_session.php on line 4
Callyspongia oliveri
Callyspongia oliveri (Kirk, 1911)
No Picture Available

Family:  Callyspongiidae ()
Max. size: 
Environment:  sessile; marine
Distribution:  Southwest Pacific: Kermadec Islands.
Diagnosis:  Oscula: prominent on summit of rounded elevations on the upper surface, or on the crests of level ridges formed by the concrescence of such elevations. Color: yellowish. Firm texture. Skeleton structure: primary fibres parallel or radiating to the surface, connected by the secondary fibres forming a rectangular mesh. Oxea: slightly curved with blunt ends; present on primary fibres as loose and irregularly arranged strands, most numerous at the nodes; strand thins out until disappearance, usually about 6 series of spicules. Thinner secondary fibres with few spicules and not polyserial, ends not in contact. Microscleres: minute strongyla; smooth; straight or slightly curved (Ref. 88951).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:   
 

Source and more info: www.sealifebase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.