Leucascus, DENDY, 1892
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab014 |
|
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3E370CBF-7DD1-4E73-BC37-81BF12EDFEED |
|
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6351990 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E08916-FFD6-2D2D-FC75-FC04FBA24520 |
|
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
|
scientific name |
Leucascus |
| status |
|
GENUS LEUCASCUS DENDY, 1892
Type species: Leucascus simplex Dendy, 1892 .
Diagnosis: ‘Copiously branched and anastomosed choanocyte tubes covered by a continuous membrane. The exhalant aquiferous system is represented by a well-developed atrium delimited by a membrane with no choanoderm, supported by a specific skeleton of triactines and/or tetractines. The size of the spicules of the choanocyte tubes and of the cortical and atrial membranes is similar. Apical actine of the tetractines ornamented with spines. Solenoid aquiferous system’ ( Cavalcanti et al., 2013).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.