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Vulcanellidae Cardenas et al. 2011

Description

Family Vulcanellidae Cárdenas et al., 2011

Diagnosis: Astrophorida with calthrops, short-shafted triaenes or long-shafted triaenes. Aster microscleres include several categories of streptasters (spirasters, metasters, amphiasters and plesiasters). Monaxonic spicules consist of one to three categories of spiny microxeas (Cárdenas et al. 2011).

Genera: Poecillastra, Vulcanella.

Notes

Published as part of Cárdenas, Paco & Rapp, Hans Tore, 2012, A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 3253 on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280590

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cardenas et al.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Order
Astrophorida
Family
Vulcanellidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Vulcanellidae et, 2011 sec. Cárdenas & Rapp, 2012

References

  • Cardenas, P., Xavier, J. R., Reveillaud, J., Schander, C. & Rapp, H. T. (2011) Molecular phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae p) reveals an unexpected high level of spicule homoplasy. PLoS ONE, 6, e 18318. doi: 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0018318.