New Skeleton-Less Homoscleromorphs (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha) From The Caribbean Sea: Exceptions To Rules Are Definitely Common In Sponge Taxonomy Author Ruiz, Cesar Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale, UMR 7263 CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Chemin de la Batterie des Lions, 13007, Marseille, France. Author Ereskovsky, Alexander 0000-0003-1079-7204 Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale, UMR 7263 CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Chemin de la Batterie des Lions, 13007, Marseille, France. & Faculty of Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7 / 9, 199034, Saint-Petersburg, Russia alexander. ereskovsky @ imbe. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1079 - 7204 alexander.ereskovsky@imbe.fr Author Perez, Thierry Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale, UMR 7263 CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Chemin de la Batterie des Lions, 13007, Marseille, France. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-10-27 5200 2 128 148 journal article 173542 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.2.2 d7d3ebe5-aea6-43c4-839c-18cabe9abe4e 1175-5326 7256790 E0D67501-60EB-43EA-BD3C-C6F9BB559DE7 Aspiculortis gen. nov. Diagnosis : Plakinidae without spicules. Smooth pseudo-criblate surface covered by numerous ostia diverging soon under the epidermal surface in various inhalant canals. A network of superficial translucent much larger exhalant canals leading to prominent oscula. Well-developed mesohyl with several layers of vacuolar cells in the ectosome. No sub-ectosomal cavities. Leuconoid aquiferous system with diplodal choanocyte chambers. High abundance of prokaryotic symbionts in the mesohyl.