Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887

Santos, George Garcia, Nascimento, Elielton & Pinheiro, Ulisses, 2018, Halichondriidae Gray, 1867 from the Northeastern Brazil with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4379 (4), pp. 556-566 : 562

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.4.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6494827
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scientific name	Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887
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Genus Amorphinopsis Carter, 1887 View in CoL

For synonyms see Erpenbeck & van Soest (2002).

Definition. Halichondriidae with ectosomal tangential skeleton of intercrossing megascleres single or in tracts. Spicules differentiated into oxeas and/or styles and derived forms, smaller oxeas and small styles concentrated at the surface. Confusing choanosomal skeleton with high spicular density and little or no spongin (Erpenbeck & van Soest 2002; Alvarez & Hooper 2011). Type species. Amorphinopsis excavans Carter, 1887 (by monotypy).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Demospongiae
Order	Suberitida
Family	Halichondriidae

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