Morphological description (show/hide)
| very similar to Cymbastela, lamellate, cup/vase shaped growth form on short stalk. Lamellae 1-2mm thick at edges, 5mm thick towards centre | | olive to brown on deck. | | not visible. | | smooth, flexible, velvety | | unornamented, a few bumps on surface | | plumoreticulate skeleton of spicules and fibres, abundant collagen, infrequent acanthostyles echinating spicule tracts | | plumose brushes of ~6-8 oxea protruding through surface, membranous, not specialised | | Oxea (stepped ends): 3 sizes (100 ﾵm) (150 ﾵm) (180 ﾵm). Very rare styles (130-150 ﾵm). | | echinating acanthostyles (rare, but still considered native) (50-70 ﾵm) |
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