Dendroceratida Minchin 1900

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Figure 3Aplysilla rosea. a encrusting conulose specimen ca. 10 cm in diameter b dendritic-arborescent skeleton with ascending spongin fibres of different specimens c details of uncored spongin fibres. c modified from Vacelet (1959).

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Figure 4Chelonaplysilla noevus. a original illustration of the type specimen encrusting with conulose surface b close-up of the sponge surface with mineral debris and smooth rounded inhalant areas (lighter in the scheme) bearing small ostia; a modified from Carter (1876) b modified from Topsent (1925).

Figure 5Darwinella simplex. a encrusting specimen in vivo (ca. 10 cm in diameter) b close up of the sponge surface bearing a reticulate dermal membrane with primary fibre tips supporting conules c, d laminate spongin fibre (free of foreign material) and free horny spicules (LM) e free horny spicules (SEM).

Figure 6Spongionella gracilis. a typical regular arrangement of the very clear uncored fibres in the skeletal network b a preserved digitate specimen. Modified from Pulitzer-Finali and Pronzato (1980).

Figure 7Spongionella pulchella. a the specimen described by Topsent b choanosomal skeleton (LM) c tips of fibres at the sponge surface (LM). a) modified from Topsent (1901).

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.