oscarellid

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noun

Any of the family Oscarellidae of marine sponges.

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nounoscarellid (plural oscarellids)

plural oscarellids

  1. rareAny of the family Oscarellidae of marine sponges.

    The plakinids have siliceous spicules, the diagnostic type being the calthrop tetractine, whereas the oscarellids lack a skeleton (Muricy and Díaz 2002).

    2012, Claus Nielsen, Animal Evolution: Interrelationships of the Living Phyla, page 31
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