Genus Sympagella Schmidt, 1870

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• Sympagella Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann pp.1-88.

  Type species:

   Sympagella nux Schmidt, 1870 by monotypy.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3)

Diagnosis

Body is saccular, funnel-like, tubular or mushroom-like, basiphytose, with long or short stalk. Choanosomal spicules are diactines and hexactines. Dermalia are pinular hexactines and pentactines. Atrialia are pinular hexactines. Hypodermalia and sometimes hypoatrialia, if present, are pentactines. Microscleres are strobiloplumicomes and various combinations of discohexasters, onychasters, hexasters, hemihexasters, hemionychasters and tylohexasters.

Diagnosis References

Tabachnick, K. 2002. Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1503]

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