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This species inhabits a cave in Agios Georgios Island, Cape Arnaoutis, Cyprus. It is found pendant from the ceiling of the cave like a stalactite, about 9–10 m deep. Collector, Dr Steven Weinberg.
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Plakinastrella microspiculifera photographed at Saint Paul's Rocks, Brazil, by Fernando Moraes.
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from Clipperton Island, 55 m
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SEM photos of spicules from holotype
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The holotype in a shallow crevice on the underside of a medium-sized coral boulder, beside Spirastrella hartmani Boury–Esnault et al., 1999 (Spirastrellidae) and a didemnid tunicate.
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holotype (MNRJ 11828) in vivo
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preserved holotype (MNRJ 8597
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preserved holotype (UFPEPOR 585)
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holotype (MNRJ 5980) preserved in ethanol
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a, overview of spicules, b, calthrops, c-d, diods, e, triods
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Grotte de Zeb, Le Diamant, La Martinique, 22 m, Eastern Caribbean See source of synonymy: Ruiz, C; Muricy, G.; Lage, A.; Domingos, C; Chenesseau, S.; Pérez, T. (2017). Descriptions of new sponge species and genus, including aspiculate Plakinidae, overturn the Homoscleromorpha classification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179, 707–724., available online at (https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12480)
