Zyzzya de Laubenfels, 1936

Marlow, Joseph, Bell, James J., Shaffer, Megan, Haris, Abdul & Schönberg, Christine Hanna Lydia, 2021, Bioeroding sponge species from the Wakatobi region of southeast Sulawesi Indonesia, Zootaxa 4996 (1), pp. 1-48 : 24

Genus Zyzzya de Laubenfels, 1936

Diagnosis. Acarnid genus with bioerosion capability, with alpha- or beta-endolithic habit, or as free-living sponges. Endolithic forms small-fistulate. Ectosomal skeleton tangential, choanosomal skeleton largely unordered. Silicate spicules diactine megascleres, as apically microspined tylotes and acanthostrongyles. Latter can have spination in regular arrangement as rings. Microscleres toxae or chelae, if present. Commonly strongly pigmented.