Stelligera, GRAY, 1867

Morrow, Christine, Cárdenas, Paco, Boury-Esnault, Nicole, Picton, Bernard, Mccormack, Grace, Soest, Rob Van, Collins, Allen, Redmond, Niamh, Maggs, Christine, Sigwart, Julia & Allcock, Louise A., 2019, Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy with the revised concept of Stelligeridae (Porifera: Demospongiae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187, pp. 31-81 : 44

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GENUS STELLIGERA GRAY, 1867 View in CoL

Diagnosis (modified from Hooper, 2002b): Stelligeridae with erect branching growth form; choanosome composed of axial region of styles and oxea and extra-axial region of long projecting styles perpendicular to axis and styles/oxea, forming an irregular reticulation; ectosomal skeleton composed of bouquets of slender styles surrounding protruding extra-axial styles; smooth-rayed euaster microscleres form an ectosomal crust. Produces copious amounts of slime on collection.

Type species: Stelligera stuposa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) .

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Demospongiae
Order	Axinellida
Family	Stelligeridae

Stelligera, GRAY, 1867

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