CLIONIDAE Gray, 1867
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5400184 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5476236 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8B319360-E71D-FFC8-FAD3-FAF43CE0CF94 |
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Marcus |
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CLIONIDAE Gray, 1867 |
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Family CLIONIDAE Gray, 1867 View in CoL
DIAGNOSIS (revised). — Hadromerida with tylostyles (or derivatives), oxeas as accessory spicules or microscleres in some species, and spirasters, amphiasters, or spiny microrhabds as microscleres. Excavating and living (at least part of the life cycle) in cavities made in calcareous substrata. Specialized incurrent structures (pore sieves, fistules) present in some massive forms.
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