| Main Ref. | Peña Cantero, A.L. and W. Vervoort, 2003 |
| Utseende refererar till |
| specialiserade organ | |
| annat utseende | |
| andra färger | |
| Anmärkningar |
| Särskilt slående egenskaper | |
| Lateral kroppsform | |
| Tvärsnitt | |
| Dorsal profil av huvudet | |
| Ögontyp | |
| Typ av mun/snyte | |
| Munnens placering | |
| Diagnos | Colonies composed of a mass of tightly interwoven branches and stems, giving the colony the aspect of a globular network, up to 9 cm in diameter. Branching frequent, irregular and in several planes; with anastomoses. Hydrothecae arranged in decussate pairs, forming four longitudinal rows of hydrothecae. Hydrothecae immersed into the branches for approximately one-third of their volume. Adcauline hydrothecal wall free for one eighth to one-third of its length. Free adcauline wall approximately straight. Abcauline wall almost straight, though becoming concave distally. Hydrothecal aperture mainly circular and slightly tilted downwards; rim either even and the aperture circular, or uneven, due to the presence of a more or less distinct abcauline elevation. Male and female gonothecae present. Female gonothecae as those of Staurotheca antarctica and Staurotheca compressa. Male gonothecae fusiform, occasionally with a few downwardly directed digitiform processes. |
| Ease of Identification | likely to be confused with closely related species. |
| Sidolinjer | avbruten: No |
| Fjäll längs sidolinje | |
| Porbärande fjäll längs sidolinje | |
| Fjäll i lateralserie | |
| Antal rader fjäll ovan sidolinje | |
| Antal rader fjäll under sidolinje | |
| Fjäll runt stjärtfensspole | |
| Skäggtömmar | |
| Gälspringor (endast hos hajar/rockor) | |
| Gälräfständer | |
| på undre del av gälbåge | |
| på övre del av gälbåge | |
| totalt | |
| Ryggkotor | |
| preanal | |
| totalt |
| Egenskaper | |
| Antal fenor | |
| Antal småfenor | ryggfena |
| Ventral | |
| Totalt antal hårda fenstrålar | |
| Totalt antal mjuka fenstrålar | |
| Fettfena |
| Egenskaper |
| Antal fenor | |
| Totalt antal hårda fenstrålar | |
| Totalt antal mjuka fenstrålar |
| Bröstfena | Egenskaper |
| Fenstrålar hårda | |
| Fenstrålar mjuka | |
| Bukfenor | Egenskaper |
| Position | |
| Fenstrålar hårda | |
| Fenstrålar mjuka |