Plakortis dariae

Plakortis dariae is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about 23 to 28 metres (75 to 92 ft) in the Caribbean Sea.[1] This species has diods of two different categories: it possesses large ones (measuring 67–112μm long) and small, rare, irregular, curved ones, which are often deformed with one of its ends being blunt (measuring 30–59μm long); triods are rare and regular (actines measuring 20–44μm long).

Plakortis dariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Homoscleromorpha
Order:	Homosclerophorida
Family:	Plakinidae
Genus:	Plakortis
Species:	P. dariae
Binomial name
Plakortis dariae Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014

References

1. Ereskovsky, Alexander V.; Lavrov, Dennis V.; Willenz, Philippe (2013). "Five new species of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from the Caribbean Sea and re-description of Plakina jamaicensis". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 94 (02): 285–307. doi:10.1017/S0025315413000295. ISSN 0025-3154.

Further reading

• Willenz, P. "Five new species of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from the Caribbean Sea and re-description of Plakina jamaicensis." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2 (2014).
• Domingos, Celso, Anaíra Lage, and Guilherme Muricy. "Overview of the biodiversity and distribution of the Class Homoscleromorpha in the Tropical Western Atlantic." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: 1-11.
• Cruz‐Barraza, José Antonio, Cristina Vega, and José Luis Carballo. "Taxonomy of family Plakinidae (Porifera: Homoscleromorpha) from eastern Pacific coral reefs, through morphology and cox1 and cob mtDNA data." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171.2 (2014): 254-276.