Plakortis symbiotica

Plakortis symbiotica

Classification

Class: Homoscleromorpha
Order: Homosclerophorida
Family: Plakinidae

Plakortis is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880. Description Plakortis sponges are characterised by having: inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement Skeleton composed mainly of diods, triods, and/or calthrops in one size class Lophose diods, triods, or calthrops complement the main skeleton of non-lophose spicules no lophose spicules diactinal "microscleres" (microrhabs) in some species Species List of accepted species: Plakortis albicans Cruz-Barraza & Carballo, 2005 Plakortis angulospiculatus (Carter, 1879)…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 8

Sources and credits

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Plakortis symbiotica

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