Carnivorous sponges (Porifera, Cladorhizidae) from the deep South Pacific (New Caledonia) with the description of three new species of the genus Abyssocladia and remarks on genus Cercicladia
Author
Vacelet, Jean
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-04-24
4767
2
257
276
journal article
22581
10.11646/zootaxa.4767.2.3
cab7562c-80d6-4c50-be4c-1818403c0c4b
1175-5334
3770819
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6A6A15AA-9B6D-4168-8857-29E183D965B9
Genus
Cercicladia
Rios, Kelly & Vacelet, 2011
Diagnosis.
Cladorhizidae
with cercichelae, microxeas, and rare toxas, in addition to the usual mycalostyles and sigmancistras. Acanthosubtylostyles may be present. Body feather–shaped (pinnate), with a long, thick fleshy pedicle, and a long flattened blade at the apex. Long fine filaments extend on either side of the blade forming an incurved feather–like structure.