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Genus
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Species.
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(by subsequent designation).
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with body shape encrusting. Dense alveolate choanosomal skeleton of conspicuous paucispicular tracts. Sparse spongin. Megascleres stout skeletal strongyles to oxeas in the dermal membrane. Microscleres oxeas to acanthoxeas, when present. Gemmules absent, but found to be present in
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specimens of
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).
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<emphasis id="12FBEA95FE6F5B72A2BCFBF5FECBF622" bold="true" box="[199,315,1109,1135]" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">Remarks.</emphasis>
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provides an Atlas of African freshwater sponges, and described megascleres strongyles having inflated tips. They also reported the presence of microsclere oxeas and acanthoxeas in
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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, and registered the presence of gemmules in
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<emphasis id="12FBEA95FE6F5B72A3C7FB62FDC8F696" box="[444,568,1217,1243]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="365">P. pechueli</emphasis>
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.
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suggested that the shorter and thinner strongyles could probably be considered as microscleres and/or gemmuloscleres. This however, has not been corroborated by
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, which considered these strongyles in specimens of
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as megascleres. Apart from these strongyles,
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also reported the presence of microsclere oxeas, acanthoxeas and gemmules in specimens of
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however, did not amend or redefined the diagnosis of the genus
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to include microscleres and gemmules. The new Afrotropical species described here also possess microscleres in the form of oxeas. Based on the above findings, we emended the diagnosis of
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to include microsclere oxeas or acanthoxeas. The underlined words in the diagnosis correspond to the modifications made.
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