original description(of)Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191.[details]
basis of recordJenkin, C.F. (1908). The Marine Fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland M.A., in the Years 1901 & 1902, The Calcareous Sponges. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1908 : 434-456., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1908.tb07387.x page(s): 436-437 [details]
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