Abyssocladia Lévi, 1964

Vacelet, Jean, 2020, Carnivorous sponges (Porifera, Cladorhizidae) from the deep South Pacific (New Caledonia) with the description of three new species of the genus Abyssocladia and remarks on genus Cercicladia, Zootaxa 4767 (2), pp. 257-276 : 258-259

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.2.3
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6A6A15AA-9B6D-4168-8857-29E183D965B9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3798806
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scientific name	Abyssocladia Lévi, 1964
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Genus Abyssocladia Lévi, 1964 View in CoL

Type species. Abyssocladia bruuni Lévi, 1964 View in CoL (by monotypy).

Diagnosis. Cladorhizidae most often pedunculate, carrying a disciform or flabelliform body with a radial architec-

ture, in other cases pinnate or branching. Microscleres are a combination of abyssochelae, cleistochelae, arcuate chelae and/or sigmancistras, but not placochelae (from Hestetun et al. 2016).