hexactinellid

== English == === Noun === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (any species of Hexactinellida): glass sponge, hexactinellid sponge ==== Related terms ==== hexactine === Further reading === hexactinellid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hexactinellida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Hexactinellida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons