Description

“ Baerida with a choanoskeleton consisting of giant triactines, and / or of tetractines in no particular order, and / or of very numerous microdiactines. No traces of radial organisation can be seen in the choanoskeleton. The cortical skeleton consists of triactines, giant diactines, and / or numerous microdiactines, and occasionally the basal actines of cortical giant tetractines. The choanoskeleton consists of scattered spicules similar to those observed in the cortex, to which numerous microdiactines can be added or which can be entirely replaced by microdiactines. The exhalant aquiferous system is formed by ramified canals that have no tangential skeleton, being loosely or densely covered by harpoon-shaped pugioles and / or microdiactines ” (Borojevic et al. 2002).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Porifera

Class: Calcarea

Order: Baerida

Family: Baeriidae

Species: Baeriidae