Vulcanellidae Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011

Kelly, Michelle, Cárdenas, Paco, Rush, Nicola, Sim-Smith, Carina, Macpherson, Diana, Page, Mike & Bell, Lori J., 2019, Molecular study supports the position of the New Zealand endemic genus Lamellomorpha in the family Vulcanellidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Tetractinellida), with the description of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 506, pp. 1-25 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.506
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D5F8DFB-C1AC-47F5-9129-C9241DF3DB04
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5619274
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Vulcanellidae Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011
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Treatment

Family Vulcanellidae Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011 View in CoL

Diagnosis (modified from Cárdenas et al. 2011)

Astrophorina with calthrops, short-shafted triaenes or long-shafted triaenes, in addition to large oxeas and contort or sinuous strongyloxeas.Aster microscleres include several categories of streptasters (spirasters, metasters, amphiasters, and plesiasters). Monaxonic spicules consist of one to three categories of spiny microxeas or microstrongyles.