Thymosiopsis Vacelet & Perez, 1998

Vacelet, Jean, Borchiellini, Carole, Perez, Thierry, Bultel-Poncé, Valérie, Brouard, Jean-Paul & Guyot, Michèle, 2000, Morphological, chemical and biochemical characterization of a new species of sponge without skeleton (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Zoosystema 22 (2), pp. 313-326 : 316

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5399304

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Thymosiopsis Vacelet & Perez, 1998
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Genus Thymosiopsis Vacelet & Perez, 1998 View in CoL

TYPE SPECIES. — Thymosiopsis cuticulatus Vacelet & Perez, 1998 by monotypy.

DIAGNOSIS (EMENDED). — Chondrillidae with a general organization similar to that of the genus Thymosia , having a smooth surface, a cortex enriched with fibrillar collagen, but lacking spongin fibres. A superficial cuticle and pore-sieves may be present.

ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS. — “Encrusting Chondrillidae . General organization similar to that of the genus Thymosia , having a smooth surface, a superficial cuticle and pore-sieves, a marked cortex enriched with fibrillar collagen, but lacking spongin fibres” has to be slightly modified in order to include the characters of the new species.

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