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hexactinellid

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the many sponges of class Hexactinellida, which have hexactine spicules; a glass sponge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • 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.

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