Awhiowhio Kelly, 2007

Dias, Alan, Kelly, Michelle & Pinheiro, Ulisses, 2023, Two news species of Corallistidae (Porifera; Demospongiae; Tetractinellida) with a first record of Awhiowhio from the Atlantic, Zootaxa 5277 (1), pp. 182-192 : 187

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7893201
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scientific name	Awhiowhio Kelly, 2007
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Genus Awhiowhio Kelly, 2007 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species. Awhiowhio osheai Kelly, 2007 View in CoL .

Definition. Massive cup- or plate-shaped Corallistidae View in CoL . Choanosomal megascleres are smooth nodulose dicranoclones with spires of smooth nodules, forming very robust intricate zygoses with ‘trabeculae’ through the entire mass. Ectosomal spicules are smooth dichotriaenes. Choanosomal microscleres are small fine-rayed streptaster/ spirasters. Ectosomal microscleres are irregular acanthose micropolyrhabds or irregular nodulose spirasters ( Kelly 2007).