A, Holotype, NMNZ Por. 433 (= SDCC/NZ048), side view. Note damaged and healed middle turret, with abnormal ocscule on the side of the turret. B, Holotype, top view. C, Detail of the fibre skeleton from paratype (SDCC/ NZ059), showing vertically orientated, cored primary fibres, uncored or partially cored secondaries and the fine canals throughout the sponge. The armoured surface is visible at the at top of the photomicrograph (scale bar = 500 µm)
Figure 10; Ircinia colossa sp. n. A specimen BU-590 in situ B portion of the holotype C fasciculated fibres D primary fibres with foreign spicules E filaments organised in tracts F filaments with a terminal knob in evidence.
Figure 9; Psammocinia alba sp. n. A the sponge in situ B a small conule at SEM C reticulation made of sand grains and foreign spicules D primary fibres cored with foreign material and, on the right, secondary fibres free from inclusions.
Summary[edit] Description: English: White Sponge (Ircinia campana) up close in reef habitat at 90 meters depth. Latitude 38 04 N., Longitude 123 28 W. California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 2004. Date: 2004. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/5018640390/. Author: Jodi Pirtle.
