homosclerophorid

noun

Any marine sponge of the former class Homosclerophorida (now Homoscleromorpha).

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Meanings

nounhomosclerophorid (plural homosclerophorids)

plural homosclerophorids

  1. Any marine sponge of the former class Homosclerophorida (now Homoscleromorpha).

    Unlike in other homosclerophorids, oocytes of C. candelabrum lacked both interdigitations and microvilli at any stage (Riesgo et al. 2007a).

    2010, Alexander V. Ereskovsky, The Comparative Embryology of Sponges, page 183
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