Cercicladia Rios, Kelly & Vacelet, 2011

Vacelet, Jean, 2020, Carnivorous sponges (Porifera, Cladorhizidae) from the deep South Pacific (New Caledonia) with the description of three new species of the genus Abyssocladia and remarks on genus Cercicladia, Zootaxa 4767 (2), pp. 257-276 : 272

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.2.3
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6A6A15AA-9B6D-4168-8857-29E183D965B9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3798816
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0390B806-982E-FB5F-FF10-FC45FE74F87A
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Cercicladia Rios, Kelly & Vacelet, 2011
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Genus Cercicladia Rios, Kelly & Vacelet, 2011 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Cladorhizidae with cercichelae, microxeas, and rare toxas, in addition to the usual mycalostyles and sigmancistras. Acanthosubtylostyles may be present. Body feather–shaped (pinnate), with a long, thick fleshy pedicle, and a long flattened blade at the apex. Long fine filaments extend on either side of the blade forming an incurved feather–like structure.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Demospongiae
Order	Poecilosclerida
Family	Cladorhizidae

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