Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Santos, George Garcia, Docio, Loyana & Pinheiro, Ulisses, 2014, Two new species of the family Niphatidae van Soest, 1980 from Northeastern Brazil (Haplosclerida: Demospongiae: Porifera), Zootaxa 3774 (3), pp. 265-274 : 270

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scientific name	Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
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Genus Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 View in CoL

Definition. Niphatidae with a paratangential ectosomal reticulation of fibers or tracts, obscured by the conulose surface produced by ends of primary longitudinal fibers ( Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine 2002).

Type species. Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (by subsequent designation; Wiedenmayer 1977).