Sclerosponges: Comparative Generalities, Modern Species, Enewetak Reef-dwellers, and Turkish Fossils |
Contents
SCLEROSPONGELIKE MAJOR GROUPS | 4 |
Receptaculitids | 7 |
Trachypsammiaceans | 43 |
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Common terms and phrases
Acanthochaetetes acanthostyles adjacent appear aragonite astrorhizae Astrosclera willeyana basal basal lamina body branching bryozoans calcareous calcareous wall calcitic cavities Ceratoporella chaetetids chambers coenenchyme colony surface composed corallites corals Cuffey Cuif cylindrical dactylopores demosponges depressions depth diameter encrusting Enewetak Atoll epitheca exhalant canal fibers Fischer fore-reef forms fossils gastropores globular granular grooves Habitat Hartman and Goreau height horizontal imperforate intrazooecial irregular irregularly Islands Kirkpatrick lacking Lalicker lamellar laminae Living tissue longitudinal section mamelons massive Merlia normani Mesozoic Moore Morphology Murrayona phanolepis Neocoelia openings Orhaneli oscules outer reef Paleontology Paleozoic partitions tabulae PBRC peel-section perforated pillars plates polygonal polyps pores Porifera porous projecting radially Range sclerodermites sclerosponge species sclerosponges septa Shrock and Twenhofel siliceous siliceous spicules skeletal surface skeleton specimens spherules spherulitic spicules spines sponge Stearn stromatoporoids Stromatospongia stylasters Supplemental References Synonyms Tabulospongia tangential section Tasch thallus thick thin trabeculae transverse section tubular upper upward Vacelet vertical Wall microstructure wellsi zooecia