Uteopsis Dendy & Row, 1913
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468368 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B2494E1B-FFA5-B257-F4FF-FF02FF38A79F |
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Marcus |
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Uteopsis Dendy & Row, 1913 |
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Genus Uteopsis Dendy & Row, 1913 View in CoL
TYPE SPECIES. — Ute argentea Poléjaeff, 1883 by monotypy.
DIAGNOSIS. — Jenkinidae with a syconoid organization. The cortex is thick and is supported by giant longitudinal diactines. The choanoskeleton is reduced to the unpaired actines of the subatrial spicules and smaller distal radial diactines.
DESCRIPTION
Uteopsis is well-described and illustrated by Poléjaeff (1883). It is characterized by an inarticulate choanoskeleton and a thick cortex composed of giant longitudinal diactines and triactines.
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