Plakortis is a genus of marine sponges in the order Homosclerophorida, first described by Franz Eilhard Schulze in 1880.
Description
Plakortis sponges are characterised by having:
- inorganic (spicular) skeletal complement
- Skeleton composed mainly of diods, triods, and/or calthrops in one size class
- Lophose diods, triods, or calthrops complement the main skeleton of non-lophose spicules
- no lophose spicules
- diactinal "microscleres" (microrhabs) in some species
Species
List of accepted species:
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Chemical and medecinal properties
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