The cladorhizid fauna (Porifera, Poecilosclerida) of the Caribbean and adjacent waters
Author
Hestetun, Jon T.
Author
Pomponi, Shirley A.
Author
Rapp, Hans Tore
text
Zootaxa
2016
4175
6
521
538
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4175.6.2
4d8dc727-a74e-4544-92b3-983d3635d559
1175-5326
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Genus
Asbestopluma
Topsent, 1901
[
Cometella
]
Schmidt, 1870
:49
(
nomen oblitum
); [
Asbestopluma
]
Lankester, 1882
:478
(
nomen nudum
);
Asbestopluma
Topsent, 1901
:23
;
Helophloeina
Topsent, 1929
:8
; not
Lycopodina
Lundbeck, 1905
:58
;
Cotylina
Lundbeck, 1905
:68
.
Diagnosis.
Cladorhizidae
with at least one small category of palmate, in a few species modified to anchorate unguiferate, anisochela. Usually with a second larger type of palmate to arcuate anisochela that may be modified to isochela, anisoplacochela, tridentate anchorate chela or anisocercichela. Sigmancistras and basal acanthotylostyles are also present with a few exceptions. Never forceps spicules (modified from
Hestetun et al., 2016b
).
Type species.
Cladorhiza pennatula
Schmidt, 1875
(by subsequent designation;
Topsent, 1901
).