. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. 336 G. PULITZER-FINALI Callyspongia violacea (Fig. 74) Occurrence: Shimoni (04"43'S - 39"23'E), Howards Rocks, depth 2-4 m, diver, 23 February 1974. , Holotype (): MSNG 48337. The specimens are thickly digitate, branching, erect. The oscules are sparse, about 6 mm wide. The consistency is resilient. In life the colour of was light violet (, 254), that of was violet to buff. In spirit the specimens are light brown (). The ectosomal skeleton is made by
. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. 336 G. PULITZER-FINALI Callyspongia violacea (Fig. 74) Occurrence: Shimoni (04"43'S - 39"23'E), Howards Rocks, depth 2-4 m, diver, 23 February 1974. , Holotype (): MSNG 48337. The specimens are thickly digitate, branching, erect. The oscules are sparse, about 6 mm wide. The consistency is resilient. In life the colour of was light violet (, 254), that of was violet to buff. In spirit the specimens are light brown (). The ectosomal skeleton is made by primary spongin fibres 35-45 |im thick forming irregular meshes and by secondary fibres 10-19 |J,m thick forming meshes about 140 urn wide. All the fibres are cored by a single spicule in cross section. The choanosomal skeleton is a rather irregular reticulation of spongin fibres 30-50 |im thick, occasionally connected by. Fig. 74 - Callyspongia violacea sp. n., the holotype. Scale: 2 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria (Genoa, Italy). Genova : Stab. tipo-litografico P. Pellas Fu L.
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