Pericharax Poléjaeff, 1883

Borojevic, Radovan & Klautau, Michelle, 2000, Calcareous sponges from New Caledonia, Zoosystema 22 (2), pp. 187-201 : 195

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5399987

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5475420

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A87EE-9917-2928-81E4-FA118A77FC99

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scientific name

Pericharax Poléjaeff, 1883
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Genus Pericharax Poléjaeff, 1883 View in CoL

TYPE SPECIES. — Pericharax heteroraphis Poléjaeff, 1883 by subsequent designation (Dendy & Row 1913).

DIAGNOSIS. — Leucettidae with a large central atrium surrounded by a thick wall. The wall is divided into a choanoderm and a thin subcortical layer of inhalant cavities supported by a peculiar skeleton partially composed of the centripetal actines of the special cortical triactines.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Calcarea

Order

Clathrinida

Family

Leucettidae

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