Hexactinellid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hexactinellid is a noun meaning Any of the many sponges of class Hexactinellida, which have hexactine spicules; a glass sponge.
Meaning
Any of the many sponges of class Hexactinellida, which have hexactine spicules; a glass sponge.
Example Sentences
But Aka is also found in skeletons of hexactinellids and lithistids in Jurassic sponge mounds.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- hexactinellids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spicules, sponges, discohexaster, tetraxon, pentactine, monactine.
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