LITHONIDA Vacelet, 1981

Borojevic, Radovan, Boury-Esnault, Nicole & Vacelet, Jean, 2000, A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subclass Calcaronea (Porifera, class Calcarea), Zoosystema 22 (2), pp. 203-263 : 256

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5392175
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468406
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scientific name	LITHONIDA Vacelet, 1981
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Order LITHONIDA Vacelet, 1981 View in CoL

DIAGNOSIS. — Calcaronea with reinforced skeleton consisting either of linked or cemented basal actines of tetractines, or of a rigid basal mass of calcite. Diapason spicules are generally present and the canal system is leuconoid.

DESCRIPTION

The families Lelapiellidae (Calcinea) , Lepidoleuconidae (Baeriida) and Lelapiidae (Leucosoleniida) are now excluded from this order.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Calcarea
Order	Lithonida

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