Auletta Schmidt, 1870, 1970

Cavalcanti, Thaynã, Recinos, Radharanne & Pinheiro, Ulisses, 2017, Two new Auletta Schmidt, 1870 (Axinellidae; Demospongiae; Porifera) from Brazil, Zootaxa 4273 (1), pp. 121-130 : 122

Genus Auletta Schmidt, 1870

Synonymy (see Alvarez & Hooper 2002).

Diagnosis. Tubular, erect on peduncle or narrow base. Surface smooth with choanosomal spicules projecting slightly; ectosome without specialised skeleton; choanosomal skeleton plumoreticulate, with longitudinal strongyle tracts, connected by single styles or plumose tracts of styles; masses of sinuous strongyles reinforcing inner tube wall; megascleres sinuous strongyles, always coring main spicule tracts and inner tube walls; styles and or oxeas, plumo-echinating and connecting main tracts; microscleres absent ( Alvarez & Hooper 2002).