Hemimycale,
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.7 |
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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/442B5771-F871-FF86-FF70-80076EB5C983 |
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Key for the identification of Hemimycale species
1 Megascleres are (subtylo-)strongyles and oxeote like tornotes; without raphides...................... H. oxeata sp. nov. - Megascleres are strongyles varying to anisostrongyles, subtylostrongyles or styles. No oxeas. Raphides may be present..... 2 2 Styles occasionally present.............................................................................. 3 - Styles never present.................................................................................... 4
3 Color in life bright red, pink or pale orange; choanosomal skeleton plumose; megascleres are (aniso-)strongyles larger than 300 x 5 µm, and styles with almost the same dimensions as the strongyles................................ H. columella
- Color in life dark greenish blue; choanosomal skeleton plumose or plumoreticulate; megascleres are (aniso-)strongyles smaller than 300 x 5 µm, and relatively short and thick styles................................................. H. arabica
4 Pore sieves circular; strongyles with asymmetrical ends....................................................... 5
- Pore sieves elongated; strongyles with symmetrical ends............................................. H. insularis
5 Megascleres longer than 320 µm.................................................................. H. rhodus
- Megascleres shorter than 320 µm......................................................................... 6
6 Color in life salmon orange with brownish tinges; strongyles never varying to subtylostrongyles; raphides absent.................................................................................................. H. mediterranea
- Color in life reddish orange; strongyles sometimes varying to subtylostrongyles; raphides present........................................................................................................... H. ceadensis sp. nov.
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