Rappya, Klautau & Lopes & Tavares & Rizzieri & Sorokin & Fromont & Goudie & Crowther & McCormack & George & Wahab, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae041 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:-4273-8473-74 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/504AC11A-9E04-C103-BA54-C4362F070E5F |
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Plazi |
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Rappya |
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gen. nov. |
Rappya View in CoL gen. nov.
Zoobank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
Etymology: For Hans Tore Rapp, in recognition of his important contribution to Calcarea taxonomy.
Diagnosis: Sponge tubular, not anastomosed, with single osculum. Cortex composed of triactines and/or tetractines much larger than those of the choanosome, which has an articulated but disorganized skeleton. Atrial skeleton thin and interrupted by large exhalant canals. Aquiferous system kladonoid.
Type species: Rappya australiensis gen. nov., sp. nov.
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