hexactinellid
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Noun
[edit]hexactinellid (plural hexactinellids)
- Any of the many sponges of class Hexactinellida, which have hexactine spicules; a glass sponge.
- 2007, S. P. Leys, et al., The Biology of Glass Spomges, David W. Sims (series editor), Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 52, page 78,
- Spicules of hexactinellids are nearly indistinguishable from those of demosponges in most measured characteristics.
- 2012, Joachim Reitner, Helmut Keupp, editors, Fossil and Recent Sponges, page 5:
- But Aka is also found in skeletons of hexactinellids and lithistids in Jurassic sponge mounds.
- 2015, Dennis Holley, General Zoology: Investigating the Animal World[1], page 193:
- The skeleton of a hexactinellid is composed entirely of silica in the form of six-pointed siliceous spicules. […] Hexactinellids are completely sessile; even the larvae seem to display no movement outside of their ability to disperse small distances with currents.
- 2007, S. P. Leys, et al., The Biology of Glass Spomges, David W. Sims (series editor), Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 52, page 78,
Synonyms
[edit]- (any species of Hexactinellida): glass sponge, hexactinellid sponge
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hexactinellid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hexactinellida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Hexactinellida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
