PETROBIONIDAE Borojevic, 1979
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5392175 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468416 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B2494E1B-FF83-B271-F4ED-FBEEFD61A01A |
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Marcus |
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PETROBIONIDAE Borojevic, 1979 |
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Family PETROBIONIDAE Borojevic, 1979 View in CoL
TYPE GENUS. — Petrobiona Vacelet & Lévi, 1958 by monotypy.
DIAGNOSIS. — Lithonida in which the basal skeleton is a solid mass. The living tissue is located between the crests and spines of the basal skeleton. The choanoskeleton and cortical skeleton consist of free spicules that may be trapped within the rigid skeleton.
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