Morphological description (show/hide)
| massive, sort of subspherical. | | whittish | | whittish | | uniporal | | very hispid | | oxeas and triaenes in no particular orientation. | | spheroxyasters in the ectocortex, sterrasters in the endocortex. | | (min-average-max, N=30 unless stated otherwise) (a) oxeas, length: 2700-3200 µm, width: 60-70 µm (N=2). (b) orthotriaenes, rhabdome length: 2225 µm; width: 60-70 µm (N=2); clad length: 420-539-640 µm. No anatriaenes found. | | (min-average-max, N=30) (c) sterrasters, subspherical, length: 56-67-75 µm in diameter. (d) spherasters, spiny, 12.5-15.5-18 µm in diameter. (e) rare oxyasters, smooth, 10-14.6-25 µm in diameter. |
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Reference (show/hide)
| Cárdenas, P., Xavier, J.R., Reveillaud, J., Schander, C. & Rapp, H.T. (2011) Molecular phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) reveals an unexpected high level of spicule homoplasy. PLoS ONE, 6, e18318. |
| Cárdenas, P., Rapp, H.T., Klitgaard, A.B., Best, M., Thollesson, M. & Tendal, O.S. (2013) Taxonomy, biogeography and DNA barcodes of Geodia species (Porifera, Demospongiae, Tetractinellida) in the Atlantic boreo-arctic region. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12056. |
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