Hemimycale Burton, 1934

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Genus Hemimycale Burton, 1934

Definition. HYmEdESmIIdAE wIThOUT AcANThOSTYLES ANd mIcROScLERES OThER ThAN RAPhIdES. MEgAScLERES STRONgYLES, OXEAS ANd STYLES. STYLES ANd STRONgYLES NOT dIVISIbLE INTO EcTOSOmAL OR chOANOSOmAL SPIcULES . OXEAS whEN PRESENT ARE IN ThE chOANOSOmE ONLY (AmENdEd FROm VAN SOEST, 2002A: 578‒580). TYPE SPEcIES: Desmacidon columella BOwERbANk, 1874 (bY ORIgINAL dESIgNATION). TYPE LOcALITY: EXmOUTh, ENgLANd (IN TIdAL POOLS).

Remarks. ThE dEFINITION OF Hemimycale wAS SLIghTLY AmENdEd FOR ThE INcLUSION OF H. oxeata sp. nov. wITh OXEOTE LIkE TORNOTE SPIcULES, ANd H. ceadensis sp. nov., wITh RAPhIdES. PULITzER-FINALI (1977) mENTIONEd ThE OccURENcE OF SPEcImENS OF H. columella IN PANAREA ( ITALY, MEdITERRANEAN SEA) wITh STYLES AS ThE ONLY mEgAScLERES. HOwEVER, hE hAS PRObAbLY mISTAkEN ThIS SPEcIES wITh ThE LIPOdESmATOSE EASTERN ATLANTIc/ WESTERN MEdITERRANEAN Crambe crambe (SchmIdT, 1862) ( CRAmbEIdAE , POEcILOScLERIdA ) whIch SImILARLY mAY POSSESS A PLUmOSE SkELETON cOmPOSEd OF A SINgLE cATEgORY OF STYLES ANd NO mIcROScLERES (VAN SOEST, 2002b).