A new species of Stelletta (Demospongiae, Astrophorida) without microscleres from Abrolhos Archipelago, northeastern Brazil
Author
Esteves, Eduardo L.
Author
Muricy, Guilherme
text
Zootaxa
2005
2005-06-10
1006
1
43
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1006.1.5
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1006.1.5
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Genus
Stelletta
Schmidt, 1862
Diagnosis
. Massive sponges with a moreorless collagenous rich cortex; triaenes often abundant, more rarely absent, oxeas and from one to
three types
of euasters, one of them confined to the choanosome, the other(s) sparse through the sponge. Occasional accessory ortho or trichodragmata. Microscleres may be lacking altogether (emended from
Uriz, 2002a
).
Type
species
.
Stelletta grubei
Schmidt, 1862
.