| Niphatidae () |
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sessile; marine |
| Central Pacific: Philippines. Introduced in Hawaiian Islands, Guam and Palmyra Atoll. |
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Thickly encrusting mat with anastomosing and meandering branches with some branches erect. Exterior color is blue-gray and interior is grayish beige. Spongy, fibrous, elastic and tough, surface is smooth to irregularly conulose with protruding tufts of fibers. Megascleres: curved oxeas 160 to 180 micrometers, microscleres: small sigmas 15 micrometers. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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