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original descriptionNorman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. <em>In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869.</em> pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922[details]
basis of recordDesqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).[details] Available for editors
basis of recordDesqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882. Pp. 893-905. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_94[details] Available for editors
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