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Crambeidae Lévi (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) is characterized by the possession of anchorate chelae in combination with monactinal ectosomal megascleres in addition to thicker choanosomal styles or tylostyles. Peculiar acanthose microxeas occur in three of the four genera considered valid, whereas two of the four genera are sublithistid, having desmoid spicules. Several species of two genera exhibit unusually large variability of spicule presence and morphology.
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Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Crambeidae Lévi, 1963. In: Hooper, J.N.A., Van Soest, R.W.M., Willenz, P. (eds) Systema Porifera. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_58
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