Calcareous sponges from New Caledonia
Author
Borojevic, Radovan
Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68021, 21941 - 970 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) radovan @ iq. ufrj. br
radovan@iq.ufrj.br
Author
Klautau, Michelle
Federal de Ensino Tecnologico de Quimica, Unidade de Rio de Janeiro, Senador Furtado 121 / 125, Maracana, 20270 - 021 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
text
Zoosystema
2000
22
2
187
201
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5399987
1638-9387
5399987
Genus
Leucaltis
Haeckel, 1872
TYPE
SPECIES
. —
Leucaltis
(
Leucaltusa
)
clathria
Haeckel, 1872
by subsequent designation (Dendy & Row 1913).
DIAGNOSIS. —
Leucaltidae
with a body composed of large, ramified and anastomosed tubes. Each tube has a distinct strong cortex supported by large triactines and tetractines. The choanosome is organized in elongate, radial chambers, which open to the central atrial cavity. It is supported by apical actines of cortical tetractines and small scattered triactines and tetractines.