Levantiniella Carella et al. 2016 ...

• Main Authors: Carella, Mirco, Uriz, Maria J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Tetractinellida; Tetillidae; Levantiniella; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5988718; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5988718

Genus Levantiniella Carella et al., 2016 Synonymy: Levantinella Szitenberg et al., 2013 Definition: Tetillidae with small shallow porocalyx-like structures, with spined microxeas, without auxiliary megascleres, and without cortex (Szitenberg et al. 2013). Diagnosis: Globular sponges attached directly to the substrate, without root spicule tufts. Surface hispid, sometimes entirely covered by sand and debris. Porocalyx-like small, rounded structures, sometimes unconspicuous due to sand coverage; oscules inconspicuous. Skeleton composed of bundles of oxeas, anatriaenes, protriaenes, and sometimes prodiaenes spirally arranged, rising from the central zone outwards and protruding the sponge surface. No cortical specialization visible in cross section. Hispidation caused chiefly by the strong fascicles of large oxeas that protrude the surface. Megascleres are large oxeas, protriaenes, and prodiaenes; microscleres are microxeas and sigmaspires. Species distributed in shallow waters of Southeastern Mediterranean Sea ... : Published as part of Carella, Mirco & Uriz, Maria J., 2018, Description of two new genera (Antarctotetilla, Levantiniella) and a new species of Tetillidae, pp. 295-321 in Zootaxa 4455 (2) on page 298, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1457221 ...