Brochodora ramusculus
Schrammen 1910
Brochodora ramusculus is similar to Brochodora roemeri (see below), but smaller in its dimensions.
Brochodora roemeri
Parkinson 1808
Brochodora roemeri is a branching sponge which can form aggregates up to 1 meter in size. The pictures show fragments of such larger structures.
... another example.
. . . a further example of Brochodora roemeri.
Same specimen as above, showing bundle of longitudinal canals in a cross fracture.
Detail of the above specimen. In well preserved examples of Brochodora roemeri, the oscules of longitudinal canals may be observed at the ends of the twigs.
The image on the left shows some typical megascleres of Brochodora roemeri.
(a) Megaclones,
(b) Dermal dichotriaenes,
(c) Amphioxes
(After Schrammen, 1910).