Iotrochota Ridley, 1884

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 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4587.1.1
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scientific name	Iotrochota Ridley, 1884
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Genus Iotrochota Ridley, 1884 View in CoL

Definition. Iotrochotidae with smooth megascleres normally differentiated in two categories, longer and thinner monactinal (styles) or diactinal spicules (usually strongyles) and shorter and thicker styles or diactinal spicules, which do not have distinct localization in ectosomal and choanosomal regions.