Cinachyrella Wilson 1925

Fernandez, Julio C. C., Kelly, Michelle & Bell, Lori J., 2017, Cinachyrella anatriaenilla sp. nov., a new tetillid sponge with microacanthoxeas from American Samoa in the South Pacific, Zootaxa 4258 (1), pp. 81-90 : 83

Genus Cinachyrella Wilson 1925

Tetilla (Cinachyrella) Wilson 1925: 363 .

Type species. Tetilla hirsuta Dendy 1889: 75 .

Diagnosis. Globular sponges with hispid-bristly surface provided with numerous scattered porocalices; oscules inconspicuous. Skeleton radiate, consisting of bundles of oxeas issuing from the centre and running spirally to the surface. No cortical specialization. Megascleres protriaenes, anatriaenes, occasionally plagiotriaenes, large oxeas dominant. Microscleres sigmaspires, which may be lacking occasionally, finely spined oxeas and/or raphides may be present (emended from van Soest & Rützler 2002).