| Chondropsidae () |
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sessile; brackish |
| Caribbean. |
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Thinly encrusting. Smooth surface. Black to gray in situ; greenish in alcohol. Skeleton: dendritic, in bundles of 10 to 20 megascleres rising individually from the substrate and dividing dichotomously. Spicule bundles, not forming a separate ectosomal skeleton, spread to carry the surface membrane which carries numerous scattered microscleres (Ref. 83467). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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