Image of Fasciospongia Burton 1934
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Figure 34Fasciospongia cavernosa. a large specimen (over 20 cm) from the Kerkennah Islands (Tunisia) b stout spongin fibres in the skeletal network with very scarce inclusions at different magnifications (LM) c granulated (top) and cored (bottom) fibres d internal shape of the typical hollow (from which the species name) e, f rugose surface of skeletal fibres (SEM). c modified from Vacelet (1959) d modified from Schulze (1879a).
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- Life (creatures)
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- Demospongiae (demosponges)
- Dictyoceratida
- Thorectidae
- Fasciospongia
- Fasciospongia cavernosa
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- Renata Manconi, Barbara Cadeddu, Fabio Ledda, Roberto Pronzato
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- Manconi R, Cadeddu B, Ledda F, Pronzato R (2013) An overview of the Mediterranean cave-dwelling horny sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) ZooKeys 281: 1–68
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