Stelodoryx Topsent 1904
Genus. Stelodoryx Topsent, 1904 Definition: (amended from Van Soest, 2002, p. 619): Myxillidae with reticulate or plumoreticulate skeleton and a full complement of megascleres; microscleres include polydentate anchorate isochelae. Remarks: We amended the definition of Stelodoryx to allow for plumore...
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2020
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4407795 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/183587F4FFB1FFED3AA0FCD28516B059 |
Summary: | Genus. Stelodoryx Topsent, 1904 Definition: (amended from Van Soest, 2002, p. 619): Myxillidae with reticulate or plumoreticulate skeleton and a full complement of megascleres; microscleres include polydentate anchorate isochelae. Remarks: We amended the definition of Stelodoryx to allow for plumoreticulate skeletons within the genus to accommodate Stelodoryx jamesorri n. sp. The alternative of amending the genus would have been to erect a new genus for this species. We refrained from this option because the type material did not reveal enough DNA to strengthen this view by genetic data. Published as part of Lehnert, Helmut & Stone, Robert P., 2020, Three new species of Poecilosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae, Heteroscleromorpha) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, pp. 137-150 in Zootaxa 4851 (1) on page 142, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4851.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4407305 |
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