DESMANTHIDAE Topsent, 1893
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F287BD-FFFA-E02D-82B8-FCEDA4DCFBBA |
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DESMANTHIDAE Topsent, 1893 |
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Family DESMANTHIDAE Topsent, 1893 View in CoL
DEFINITION. — Lithistida (?) forming thin, finely hispid encrustations. The skeleton consists of a basal mass of desmas upon which single monactinal spicules (styles and/or tylostyles) are disposed perpendicularly, heads located in the open spaces between interlocked desmas, points directed outward.
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