Dercitus (Halinastra), De Laubenfels, 1936

Van Soest, Rob W. M., Beglinger, Elly J. & De Voogd, Nicole J., 2010, Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-) calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida), ZooKeys 68, pp. 1-88 : 31

Sungenus Halinastra De Laubenfels, 1936

Halinastra De Laubenfels 1936: 179.

Definition:

Dercitus with clear subdivision of the sanidaster microscleres into longer, thinner irregular sanidasters and shorter, fatter, compressed, often aster-like forms.

Type species:

Pachastrella exostotica Schmidt, 1868 (by original designation).

Key to the species of Dercitus (Halinastra)

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