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Amorphinopsis Carter 1887
Description
Genus Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887
For synonyms see Erpenbeck & van Soest (2002).
Definition. Halichondriidae with ectosomal tangential skeleton of intercrossing megascleres single or in tracts. Spicules differentiated into oxeas and/or styles and derived forms, smaller oxeas and small styles concentrated at the surface. Confusing choanosomal skeleton with high spicular density and little or no spongin (Erpenbeck & van Soest 2002; Alvarez & Hooper 2011). Type species. Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887 (by monotypy).
Notes
Published as part of Santos, George Garcia, Nascimento, Elielton & Pinheiro, Ulisses, 2018, Halichondriidae Gray, 1867 from the Northeastern Brazil with description of a new species, pp. 556-566 in Zootaxa 4379 (4) on page 562, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1175098
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Halichondriidae
- Genus
- Amorphinopsis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Suberitida
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Scientific name authorship
- Carter
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887 sec. Santos, Nascimento & Pinheiro, 2018
References
- Alvarez, B. & Hooper, J. N. A. (2011) Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from northern Australia. Family Halichondriidae. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 27, 55 - 84.