Echinostylinos, Topsent, 1927

On other Echinostylinos View in CoL

During the process of review of the genus to describe the new species, considerations were taken regarding some known species of Echinostylinos :

Carvalho et al. (2016) discussed the possibility of a E. shimushirensis and E. tubiformis be synonymous. Here, we tabulated their morphological characteristics and habitat information based on their descriptions available ( Fig. 6 View Fig ; Table 1).

Previous studies had discussed about spicule shape and classification of Echinostylinos species ( Carvalho et al. 2016; Vacelet and Kelly 2022), we re-analyzed the type material of Echinostylinos gorgonopsis , here redescribed below: