Genus Corbitella Gray, 1867

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• Corbitella 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.

  Type species:

   Alcyoncellum speciosum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 by original designation.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3)

Diagnosis

The body is saccular with numerous lateral oscula and with sieve-plate colander-like or with radial elements of prostralia osculaia, basiphytose. Choanosomal spicules are predominately diactines and some other hexactine derivatives – stauractines, triactines. Dermalia are hexactines. Atrialia are pentactines similar to choanosomal ones. Microscleres are discohexactines, hemidiscohexasters and discohexasters, smooth and spiny microhexactines, floricomes and graphiocomes, sometimes discasters.

Diagnosis References

Tabachnick, K. 2002. Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434 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. [1415]

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