CALCAREA BOWERBANK, 1864

Rapp, Hans Tore, 2006, Calcareous sponges of the genera Clathrina and Guancha (Calcinea, Calcarea, Porifera) of Norway (north-east Atlantic) with the description of five new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147 (3), pp. 331-365 : 333

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00221.x
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scientific name	CALCAREA BOWERBANK, 1864
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CLASS CALCAREA BOWERBANK, 1864 View in CoL

Exclusively marine Porifera in which the mineral skeleton is composed entirely of calcium carbonate. Spicules are diactines, triactines and tetractines. Calcarea are always viviparous.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Calcarea

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