Desmacella Schmidt, 1870

Cavalcanti, Thaynã, Santos, George Garcia & Pinheiro, Ulisses, 2015, Desmacella Schmidt, 1870 from Brazil: Description of two new species and a review of records (Desmacellida: Demospongiae: Porifera), Zootaxa 4034 (2), pp. 364-374 : 366

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.8
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scientific name	Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
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Genus Desmacella Schmidt, 1870

Synonymy (see Hajdu & van Soest 2002).

Definition. Desmacellidae with tylostyles, occasionally styles, with reticulate, plumo-reticulate and vaguely halichondrioid choanosomal skeleton, microscleres sigmas, and raphides; the latter may be absent (Hajdu & van Soest 2002).