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Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888

  • Pisera A
  • Lévi C
Springer US, (2002), 302-311
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_34
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Abstract

Scleritodermidae Sollas (Demospongiae, ‘lithistids’) consists of five valid genera and about 14 nominal species, usually deep water and a few from shallow reef cavities, occurring worldwide in a warm climatic belt. The family is characterized by choanosomal rhizoclone desmas, ectosomal spicules when present are acanthorhabds, smooth strongyloxeas, or strongyles/styles with spinose distal ends; microscleres when present are spinose are sigmaspires

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Pisera, A., & Lévi, C. (2002). Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888. In Systema Porifera (pp. 302–311). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_34

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