Maldonado, M.; Benito, J. (1991). Crambe tuberosa n. sp. (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida): a new Mediterranean poecilosclerid with lithistid affinities. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 32(3): 323-332.
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Maldonado, M.; Benito, J.
1991
<i>Crambe tuberosa</i> n. sp. (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida): a new Mediterranean poecilosclerid with lithistid affinities
Cahiers de Biologie Marine
32(3): 323-332
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A new species of the genus Cramhe Vosmaer is described from the Alboran sea. The features of this new sponge support the artificial grouping of the Lithistida. A new systematic position is proposed for Crambe Vosmaer into the new family Crambidae and some relationships with fossil genera traditionally regarded as lithistids are indicated. The anaxial nature of the sphaeroclonar desmas is discussed, claiming for a polyaxial origin of
the sphaeroclones of the genus Cramhe.
