Meanings
- not comparableHaving one axis.
In this group the skeleton is composed of monaxonal and tri- and tetractinal spicules of calcium carbonate.
1967, James Herdman Wilmoth, Biology of Invertebrata, page 582 more examples
With a reticulate, fibrous skeleton of spongin spined by unique monaxonal spicules pointed at one end, blunt at other and bearing whorls of small spines along their length.
1984, A Synoptic Classification of Living Organisms, →ISBN, page 138However, since in reality the two remaining rays are in the same plane, diactines can also be considered monaxonal.
1984, The Cell Biology of Sponges, →ISBN, page 13
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