Tylexocladus
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Tylexocladus is a genus of deep-water demosponges belonging to the family Polymastiidae. These are small rounded sponges with a bristly surface bearing one or more raised openings (known as "osculae").
[edit] Species
Species include:
- Tylexocladus corticata
- Tylexocladus hispidus
- Tylexocladus joubini
- Tylexocladus villosus
[edit] References
- Michelle Kelly-Borges & Patricia R. Bergquist (1997). Revision of Southwest Pacific Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species of Polymastia Bowerbank, Tylexocladus Topsent, and Acanthopolymastia gen. nov. from New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31: 367–402.
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