Sycute Dendy & Row, 1913
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468344 |
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Genus Sycute Dendy & Row, 1913 View in CoL
TYPE SPECIES. — Sycon dendyi Kirk, 1895 by monotypy.
DIAGNOSIS. — Grantiidae with a syconoid organization. The cortex is supported by giant longitudinal diactines. The distal part of the choanocyte chambers is crowned by fascicles of radial diactines located between the longitudinal diactines.
DESCRIPTION
This genus has a single species. Like Sycon , it is characterized by tufts of diactines that decorate the distal cones of the radial tubes, and like Ute it has longitudinal cortical giant diactines.
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