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AMPHIDISK [1 record]

Record 1 1977-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[It is] a siliceous sponge spicule (microsclere) consisting of a central shaft at each end of which is a transverse, stellate disk or an umbrella-like structure (umbel) containing multiple recurved teeth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Les microsclères [des Spongiaires Lyssacines] sont de minuscules hexactines déformés dont les extrémités des branches portent de petits disques dentelés (amphidisques).

Spanish

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