Family APHROCALLISTIDAE Gray, 1867

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Regional Maps

• Aphrocallistidae Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 492-558 pls 27-28.

Diagnosis

Branching-tubular to funnel- or cup-shaped main body with cylindrical or flattened mitten-form radial diverticula; wall 0.6–10 mm thick; dictyonal meshes mainly triangular but occasionally rectangular where broad interdiarhysial septa occur; dermalia usually pinular hexactins but pentactins may predominate; two forms of scopules only dermal or both surfaces; atrialia as pinular hexactins or large spined diactins; large uncinates and probably spined mesohexactins always present; microscleres include regular hexactins, hexasters and hemihexasters or forms elongate in one axis, with disco-, oxy-, and onycho-tips.

ID Keys

(1) With atrialia as large, spined diactins ................................................................. Aphrocallistes
With atrialia as pinular hexactins (rarely pentactins) with associated scopules .........Heterochone

Diagnosis References

Reiswig, H. 2002. Family Aphrocallistidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1282-1286 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. [1282]

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