Plakortis Schulze, 1880

Vicente, Jan, Zea, Sven & Hill, Russell T., 2016, Sponge epizoism in the Caribbean and the discovery of new Plakortis and Haliclona species, and polymorphism of Xestospongia deweerdtae (Porifera), Zootaxa 4178 (2), pp. 209-233 : 212

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Genus Plakortis Schulze, 1880 View in CoL

Definition. Plakinidae with the skeleton formed by diods, with a variable abundance or absence of triods. Diactine derived microscleres (microrhabds), quasiamphiasters, spined diods and spheres may be present in some species; calthrops are absent ( Muricy 2011).

References

Muricy, G. (2011) Diversity of Indo-Australian Plakortis (Demospongiae: Plakinidae), with description of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 91, 303 - 319. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315410000743

Schulze, F. E. (1880) Untersuchungen u ¨ ber den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Die Plakiniden. Zeitschrift fur Wissenchaftliche Zoologie, 34, 407 - 451.