Description. Cushion or encrusting sponge 3 – 7 mm thick. Color in life is intense orange or reddish, when preserved it becomes light brown or beige (Figure 6 A). In the skeleton, free mycalostyles are observed, while in the choanosome there are multispicular bands that ascend to the surface, forming brushes (Figure 6 B). Spicules are mycalostyles, these are straight and with a very pronounced tip (264.8 x 5.4 µm), the head is slightly oval (5.1 µm). As microscleres, there are anisochela in a single category (19.4 µm) and C shape sigmas (37.7 µm) (Figure 6 C – F). Ecological notes. The species was found on rocky substrate and calcareous algae from the intertidal zone to 12 m depth.
Sumber: New records and checklist of sponges from El Salvador (Eastern Tropical Pacific)