| Ancorinidae () |
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sessile; marine |
| Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaii. |
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This species can be distiniguished by the following set of characters: intraspecific color variation (ranging from white, beige, brown, burgundy, and dark grey), spicule composition (orthotriaenes, plagiotriaenes, anatriaenes, oxeas, and acanthostrongylasters), and spicule sizes (Ref. 133075). |
| Collected from ARMS inside mesocosms supplied with unfiltered flow through seawater at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). Found in areas where coral reefs are just beginning to develop and prefer shady environments and have not yet been found on natural calcified coral reef surfaces (Ref. 133075). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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