Editor's comment

English

eng

The family assignation to Bubaridae is provisional until further phylogenetic information becomes available. The general skeletal characteristics of the neotype assigned by Sitià and Maldonado to Rhabdobaris agree in great extend with Raspailiidae, but it lacks the typical ectosomal skeleton present in most members of that family

Sitjà, C.; Maldonado, M. 2014. New and rare sponges from the deep shelf of the Alboran Island (Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean). Zootaxa 3760: 141–179.