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Lelapiella Vacelet 1977

Description

GENUS LELAPIELLA VACELET, 1977

Type species: Lelapiella incrustans Vacelet, 1977 (by monotypy).

Diagnosis: Lelapiellidae encrusting and without fused spicules. Radial growing. Cortical skeleton composed chiefly of a layer of large tripods, diactines may be present. Choanosome with triactines and tetractines. Tracts of diactines may be present (modified from Borojević et al., 2002).

Notes

Published as part of Klautau, Michelle, Lopes, Matheus Vieira, Tavares, Gabriela & Pérez, Thierry, 2022, Integrative taxonomy of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean, pp. 671-725 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 on page 702, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab014, http://zenodo.org/record/6354284

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Grantiidae
Genus
Lelapiella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Leucosolenida
Phylum
Porifera
Scientific name authorship
Vacelet
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Lelapiella Vacelet, 1977 sec. Klautau, Lopes, Tavares & Pérez, 2022

References

  • Vacelet J. 1977. Eponges pharetronides actuelles et sclerosponges de Polynesie francaise, de Madagascar et de la Reunion. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 444: 345 - 368.
  • Borojevic R, Boury-Esnault N, Manuel M, Vacelet J. 2002. Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. In: Hooper JNA, Van Soest RWM, eds. Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. New York: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 1141 - 1152.