Taxonomy of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) sampled on artificial substrates of a recreational marina in the Tropical Northeastern Brazilian coast
Author
Chagas, Cléslei
Author
Cavalcanti, Fernanda F.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-11
4363
2
203
224
journal article
31204
10.11646/zootaxa.4363.2.2
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1175-5326
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Genus
Sycon
Risso, 1826
“
Sycettidae
with radial tubes partially or fully coalescent; distal cones are decorated by tufts of diactines. The inhalant canals are generally well defined between the radial tubes and are often closed at the distal end by a membrane that is perforated by ostia, devoid of a skeleton. There is no continuous cortex covering to the distal ends of the radial tubes. Skeleton of the atrium and of the tubes is composed of triactines, tetractines and/or pentactines” (
Rossi
et al.
2006
).