Hyalonema (Oonema) bianchoratum

Description

General: Tall, stalked, white. Typically with epizoanthids growing on the stalk. There are likely multiple morphs of this sponge; they are deformable in that they contract and expand.

Geographic Information

Habitat description: Benthic, soft sediment.

Additional Information

Consulting taxonomist: Stace Beaulieu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Consulting taxonomist: Henry Reiswig, University of Victoria, BC.

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Hooper, J.N.A., R.W.M. Van Soest, and P. Willenz, Eds. (2003). Systema porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., New York, NY, 1708 pp.

Kahn, A.S., C.W. Pennelly, P.R. McGill, and S.P. Leys (2020). Behaviors of sessile benthic animals in the abyssal northeast Pacific Ocean. Submitted to Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 173:104729, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.104729.

Kahn, A.S., C.W. Pennelly, P.R. McGill, and S.P. Leys (2020). Behaviors of sessile benthic animals in the abyssal northeast Pacific Ocean. Submitted to Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 173:104729, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.104729.