Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862

Carvalho, Mariana De S., Carraro, João L., Lerner, Cléa & Hajdu, Eduardo, 2003, First record of Ciocalypta (Demospongiae: Halichondrida) from Brazil, southwestern Atlantic, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 302, pp. 1-8 : 2

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Genus Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862

Synonymy. Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862: 1105 . Leucophloeus Carter, 1883: 323 . Collocalypta Dendy, 1905: 199 . Coelocalypta Topsent, 1928: 167 . Pseudohymeniacidon Carballo, 2001: 258 .

Definition. Halichondrids with fingershaped fistules possessing a central spicular axis, with strong secondary tracts supporting the ectosome. Spicules styles and/ or oxeas, usually in two size categories (Erpenbeck & Van Soest 2002).

Type Species. Ciocalypta penicillus Bowerbank, 1864: 179 (by monotypy)

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Demospongiae
Order	Halichondrida
Family	Halichondriidae

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