Description
General:
An arborescent, dichotomously-branching cladorhizid with bottle-brush arrangement of filaments. It can be distinguished from A. monticola in that it is less densly branched, more transparent, and weaker in appearance. Sponge is white in situ and in preserved state.
Size:
to at least 21.78 cm tall and 12.38 cm wide.
Geographic Information
Published depth range:
990 - 1100 m
Ocean range (global):
Low-oxygen basins off southern California.
Habitat description:
Benthic.
Additional Information
References
Encyclopedia of LifeTree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Lundsten, L., H.M. Reiswig, and W.C. Austin (2014). Four new species of Cladorhizidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the northeast Pacific. Zootaxa, 3786: 101-123. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3786.2.1
Citation:
Asbestopluma rickettsi
(Lundsten, Reiswig, and Austin 2014) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Asbestopluma%20rickettsi. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-04-25.