oscarellid
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[edit]Noun
[edit]oscarellid (plural oscarellids)
- (very rare) Any marine sponge of the family Oscarellidae.
- 2012, Claus Nielsen, Animal Evolution: Interrelationships of the Living Phyla, page 31:
- The plakinids have siliceous spicules, the diagnostic type being the calthrop tetractine, whereas the oscarellids lack a skeleton (Muricy and Díaz 2002).