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Phlyctaenopora Topsent 1904

Description

Genus Phlyctaenopora Topsent, 1904

Phlyctaenopora Topsent, 1904: 199.

Barbozia Dendy, 1922: 131.

Type species. P. bitorquis Topsent, 1904: 199; pl. 2, fig. 4c (by monotypy).

Diagnosis. Massive, hemispherical, crustose, smooth with erect fistules; confused, compact choanosomal skeleton of ill-defined tracts of strongyles or oxeas; ectosomal skeleton a crust of oxeas and/or styles; microscleres include palmate anisochelae which may be basally spurred, sigmas, large plesiaster-like microxeas, and spined, amphiaster-like rhabds, the latter three may be absent (modified from Van Soest & Hajdu 2002).

Notes

Published as part of Kelly, Michelle, 2021, First record of genus Phlyctaenopora in South Pacific waters, pp. 596-600 in Zootaxa 4990 (3) on page 596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.13, http://zenodo.org/record/5026932

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Mycalidae
Genus
Phlyctaenopora
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Poecilosclerida
Phylum
Porifera
Scientific name authorship
Topsent
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Phlyctaenopora Topsent, 1904 sec. Kelly, 2021

References

  • Topsent, E. (1904) Spongiaires des Acores. Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 25, 280 pp.
  • Van Soest, R. W. M., Hajdu, E. (2002) Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669 - 690. In: Hooper, J. N. A., Van Soest, R. W. M. (Eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1101 pp. (printed version) https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 1 - 4615 - 0747 - 5 _ 67