Kuarrhaphis Dendy & Row, 1913
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5392175 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468400 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B2494E1B-FF88-B27D-F69B-FA29FECDA79E |
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Marcus |
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Genus Kuarrhaphis Dendy & Row, 1913 View in CoL
TYPE SPECIES. — Leucyssa cretacea Haeckel, 1872 by monotypy.
DIAGNOSIS. — Trichogypsiidae with a skeleton composed exclusively of small perforated needle-eye diactines.
DESCRIPTION
Dendy & Row (1913) proposed the genus Kuarraphis for a sponge described by Haeckel (1872) that is characterized by the presence of only needle-eye spicules. The sponge is encrusting, has a leuconoid organization without an atrium, and has irregular exhalant canals. Haeckel (1872) pointed out the similarity of the choanosome and the skeleton of this sponge with those described by him in the “subgenus Leucomalthe ”, which comprises the species that we place now in the Baeriidae . As indicated by Dendy & Row (1913), the “needle-eye” spicules are similar to diapasons, and are also found in Baeria ochotensis .
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