Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Samaai, Toufiek, Pillay, Ruwen & Janson, Liesl, 2019, Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa, Zootaxa 4587 (1), pp. 1-85 : 56

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scientific name	Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
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Genus Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 View in CoL

Definition. Callyspongiidae with a regular ectosomal tangential reticulation of primary, secondary and sometimes tertiary spiculo-fibres, ectosomal morphology: one single size or three sizes of rounded to irregular, or triangular to rectangular ectosomal mesh. Spongin abundant. Microscleres toxas may be present.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Demospongiae
Order	Haplosclerida
Family	Callyspongiidae

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