A search that checks against common names and lexical variants.
Example: A search for "Pomatomus saltator" will check presence in the tree of "Pomatomus sallatrix", "Pomatomus saltator", or "Pomatomus saltatrix".
A search that checks against common names and lexical variants and homotypic variants.
Example: A search for "Pomatomus saltator" will check presence in the tree of "Cheilodipterus saltatrix", "Gasterosteus saltatrix", "Pomatomix saltatrix", "Pomatomus sallatrix", "Pomatomus saltator", "Pomatomus saltatrix", or "Temnodon saltator".
Description of Phyllostauridae: Phyllacanthid acantharea, spicules without apophyses, of similar or dissimilar (2-4 longer) lengths; speicules basally with 4 flat extensions, cruciform in cross section; cell body with thick capsular wall, spherical, oblong or cushion-shaped; endoplasm with various inclusions; axopodia arise from ectoplasmic cortex between spicules; ectoplasmic cortex formed of polygonal pieces connected by elastic junctions.