Robspongia, 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://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17007403 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/504AC11A-9E2D-C12A-BF7B-C6172FA4082D |
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Plazi |
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Robspongia |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Robspongia View in CoL gen. nov.
Zoobank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
Type species: Robspongia oocioa gen. nov., sp. nov.
Etymology: For Rob Van Soest, in recognition of his enormous contribution to sponge taxonomy, including Calcarea.
Diagnosis: Dendyidae that grow in the form of an individual ascon tube. Tere is no anastomosis or ramification. Only the cortical skeleton is present, which includes microdiactines.
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