Neophrissospongia, Pisera & Levi, 2002

Manconi, Renata & Serusi, Annalisa, 2008, Rare sponges from marine caves: discovery of Neophrissospongia nana nov. sp. (Demospongiae, Corallistidae) from Sardinia with an annotated checklist of Mediterranean lithistids, ZooKeys 4 (4), pp. 71-87 : 80

Key to the species of Neophrissospongia

1 Growth form cup- to ear-shaped with small inhalant and large exhalant apertures on opposite sides of the lamella bearing an ectosomal skeleton of dichotriaenes, styles/sub-tylostyles and aster-like microscleres........... N. nolitangere

– Growth form clavate to plate-like with inhalant and exhalant areas in different regions of the same sponge surface........................................................ 2

2 Growth form clavate, ectosomal skeleton of dichotriaenes and styles/subtylostyles................................................................................ N. microstylifer

– Growth form plate-like, ectosomal skeleton of dichotriaenes, styles/sub-tylostyles and aster-like microscleres........................................... N. nana nov. sp.