Synute Dendy, 1892

Borojevic, Radovan, Boury-Esnault, Nicole & Vacelet, Jean, 2000, A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subclass Calcaronea (Porifera, class Calcarea), Zoosystema 22 (2), pp. 203-263 : 222-223

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5392175

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468346

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scientific name

Synute Dendy, 1892
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Genus Synute Dendy, 1892 View in CoL

TYPE SPECIES. — Synute pulchella Dendy, 1892 by monotypy.

DIAGNOSIS. — Grantiidae with a cormus entirely made of fused syconoid units and surrounded by a common cortex with a special skeleton containing giant longitudinal diactines (Dendy 1892a).

DESCRIPTION

This genus is monospecific and only known from the southern Australian coasts. Its organization is reminiscent of colonial ascidians such as Botryllus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Calcarea

Order

Leucosolenida

Family

Grantiidae

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