Tetralophophora, Rützler, Klaus, Piantoni, Carla, Van, Rob W. M. & Díaz, Cristina, 2014

Rützler, Klaus, Piantoni, Carla, Van, Rob W. M. & Díaz, Cristina, 2014, Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay, Zootaxa 3805 (1), pp. 1-129 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F0B7652D-6E64-44CE-9181-5A10C8D594C7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6130245
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C23A87C6-FFBC-FFD7-FF11-F90C1F73F898
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Tetralophophora
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Tetralophophora View in CoL new genus

Diagnosis. Plakinidae ( Muricy and Díaz, 2002) with leuconoid aquiferous system, diplodal choanocyte chambers, and one size class of calthrops dispersed evenly throughout ectosome and choanosome. The genus name reflects the characterizing type of spicule, tetralophose calthrops.

Type species: Tetralophophora mesoamericana new species.