Raspailia Nardo, 1833

Lerner, Cléa, Carraro, João L. & Soest, Rob Van, 2006, Raspailia (Raspaxilla) bouryesnaultae, a new name for Brazilian Raspaxilla elegans BouryEsnault, 1973 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Raspailiidae) with a redescription and a new record, Zootaxa 1129, pp. 37-45 : 39

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.171860
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6262458
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87E8-ED60-FFD5-1444-FCC4FC0CFC12
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scientific name	Raspailia Nardo, 1833
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Definition. Raspailiidae with a moreorless compressed axial skeleton and a radial, plumose or simply reticulate extraaxial skeleton, with choanossomal spicules consisting of 2–3 or more different size classes (styles and/or oxeas), and echinating acanthostyles microcionidlike or secondarily modified ( Hooper, 2002).