Hexactinellid, the Glossary
Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- and/or six-pointed siliceous spicules, often referred to as glass sponges.[1]
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54 relations: Alaska, Amebocyte, Amphidiscosida, Anoxycalyx joubini, Antarctic, British Columbia, Cambrian, CBC Radio, Cell nucleus, Choanosome, Cloud sponge, Cytoplasm, Dactylocalycidae, Demosponge, Ediacaran, Ernst Haeckel, Flagellum, Glass, Hecate Strait, Hemidiscellidae, Hexasterophora, HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100), HMCS Saskatchewan (DDE 262), Jurassic, Kunstformen der Natur, Last Glacial Maximum, Lychniscosida, Lyssacinosida, Mediterranean Sea, Multinucleate, Neoproterozoic, Oopsacas minuta, Organelle, Phylum, Reef knoll, Reticulosa, Scaffolding, Sceptrulophora, Sclerocyte, Silicon dioxide, Skeleton, Spider web, Sponge, Sponge reef, Sponge Reef Project, Sponge spicule, Spongin, Staurocalyptus, Syncytium, Taxonomy (biology), ... Expand index (4 more) »
Alaska
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.
Amebocyte
An amebocyte or amoebocyte is a motile cell (moving like an amoeba) in the bodies of invertebrates including cnidaria, echinoderms, molluscs, tunicates, sponges, and some chelicerates.
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Amphidiscosida
Amphidiscosida (sometimes spelled Amphidiscosa)Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised. Hexactinellid and Amphidiscosida are hexactinellida.
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Anoxycalyx joubini
The giant volcano sponge (Anoxycalyx joubini) is a species of Antarctic sponge. Hexactinellid and Anoxycalyx joubini are hexactinellida.
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Antarctic
The Antarctic (or, American English also or; commonly) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole.
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British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
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Cambrian
The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon.
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CBC Radio
CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Cell nucleus
The cell nucleus (nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells.
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Choanosome
A choanosome is an inner region of a sponge, supported on the choanoskeleton, the structure that contains the choanocytes.
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Cloud sponge
The cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus) is a species of sea sponge in the class Hexactinellida. Hexactinellid and cloud sponge are hexactinellida.
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Cytoplasm
In cell biology, the cytoplasm describes all material within a eukaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, except for the cell nucleus.
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Dactylocalycidae
Dactylocalycidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Lychniscosida.
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Demosponge
Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera.
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Ediacaran
The Ediacaran is a geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period at 635 Mya to the beginning of the Cambrian Period at 538.8 Mya.
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Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist.
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Flagellum
A flagellum (flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores (zoospores), and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility.
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Glass
Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid.
Hecate Strait
Hecate Strait (Haida language: K̲andaliig̲wii, also siigaay which means simply "ocean") is a wide but shallow strait between Haida Gwaii and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
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Hemidiscellidae
Hemidiscellidae is an extinct family of sponges in the class Hexactinellida (glass sponges) and the subclass Amphidiscophora. Hexactinellid and Hemidiscellidae are hexactinellida.
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Hexasterophora
Hexasterophora are a subclass of glass sponges in the class Hexactinellida. Hexactinellid and Hexasterophora are hexactinellida.
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HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100)
HMCS Cape Breton was a Royal Canadian Navy.
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HMCS Saskatchewan (DDE 262)
HMCS Saskatchewan was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and later the Canadian Forces.
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Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.
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Kunstformen der Natur
Kunstformen der Natur (known in English as Art Forms in Nature) is a book of lithographic and halftone prints by German biologist Ernst Haeckel.
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Last Glacial Maximum
The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), also referred to as the Last Glacial Coldest Period, was the most recent time during the Last Glacial Period where ice sheets were at their greatest extent 26,000 and 20,000 years ago.
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Lychniscosida
Lychniscosida (sometimes spelled Lychniscosa) is an order of sponges belonging to the class Hexactinellida and subclass Hexasterophora. Hexactinellid and Lychniscosida are hexactinellida.
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Lyssacinosida
Lyssacinosida (also spelled Lyssacinosa) is an order of glass sponges (Hexactinellida) belonging to the subclass Hexasterophora. Hexactinellid and Lyssacinosida are hexactinellida.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Multinucleate
Multinucleate cells (also known as multinucleated cells or polynuclear cells) are eukaryotic cells that have more than one nucleus, i.e., multiple nuclei share one common cytoplasm.
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Neoproterozoic
The Neoproterozoic Era is the unit of geologic time from 1 billion to 538.8 million years ago.
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Oopsacas minuta
Oopsacas minuta is a glass sponge that is a member of the Hexactinellida. Hexactinellid and Oopsacas minuta are hexactinellida.
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Organelle
In cell biology, an organelle is a specialized subunit, usually within a cell, that has a specific function.
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Phylum
In biology, a phylum (phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
Reef knoll
A reef knoll is a landform that comprises an immense pile of calcareous material that had previously accumulated on an ancient sea floor.
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Reticulosa
Reticulosa is an extinct order of sea sponges in the class Hexactinellida (glass sponges) and the subclass Amphidiscophora. Hexactinellid and Reticulosa are hexactinellida.
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Scaffolding
Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other human-made structures.
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Sceptrulophora
Sceptrulophora (from Ancient Greek, σκῆπτρον, skêptron - "sceptre" and -φόρος, -phóros - "bearing") is an order of hexactinellid sponges (glass sponges). Hexactinellid and Sceptrulophora are hexactinellida.
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Sclerocyte
Sclerocytes are specialised cells that secrete the mineralized structures in the body wall of some invertebrates.
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Silicon dioxide
Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula, commonly found in nature as quartz.
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Skeleton
A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.
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Spider web
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word coppe, meaning "spider") is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.
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Sponge
Sponges (also known as sea sponges), the members of the phylum Porifera (meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts.
Sponge reef
Sponge reefs are reefs produced by sea sponges.
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Sponge Reef Project
The Sponge Reef Project is a binational scientific project between Germany and Canada to study the sponge reefs off British Columbia, Canada, reefs formed by sponges of the Hexactinellid family.
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Sponge spicule
Spicules are structural elements found in most sponges.
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Spongin
Spongin, a modified type of collagen protein, forms the fibrous skeleton of most organisms among the phylum Porifera, the sponges.
Staurocalyptus
Staurocalyptus is a genus of sponge. Hexactinellid and Staurocalyptus are hexactinellida.
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Syncytium
A syncytium (syncytia; from Greek: σύν syn "together" and κύτος kytos "box, i.e. cell") or symplasm is a multinucleate cell that can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells (i.e., cells with a single nucleus), in contrast to a coenocyte, which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without accompanying cytokinesis.
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Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.
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Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
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Venus' flower basket
The Venus' flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum) is a glass sponge in the phylum Porifera. Hexactinellid and Venus' flower basket are hexactinellida.
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Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Xenophoridae
Xenophoridae, commonly called carrier shells, is a family of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexactinellid
Also known as Glass Sponge, Glass sponges, Hexactenellida, Hexactinellae, Hexactinellid sponge, Hexactinellida, Hyalospongiae, Symplasma, Triaxonia.
, Vancouver Island, Venus' flower basket, Washington (state), Xenophoridae.