Genus Neopetrosia De Laubenfels, 1949

Synonymy. For synonymy list see Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine (2002).

Definition. Petrosiidae with a finely hispid surface produced by fine brushes of oxeas issued from subectosomal tracts, and a compact choanosomal network combining rounded meshes with a superimposed anisotropic reticulation. Megascleres oxeas less than 200 Μm long (Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine 2002). Type species. Haliclona longleyi de Laubenfels, 1932 (by original designation).