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Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho–)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida)
Abstract. We present a review of astrophorid species possessing calthrops megascleres as structural megascleres (including species with dichotriaene modifications, but excluding mesotriaene and trichotriaene bearing species). Radiating oxeas characteristic of most astrophorids are lacking in such sp...
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Pensoft Publishers
2010
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21594036 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.68.729 |