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HEXACTINE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
  • Paleontology
DEF

A six-rayed spicule found in sponges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[Un] spicule à six pointes est l'hexactine [chez les spongiaires].

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

(...) an order of Hyalospongial comprising those members of the Hexasterophora with hexactine spicules fused into a rigid network.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Spongiaires Dictyonines,) très abondants au Jurassique et au Crétacé supérieur, se sont en général admirablement fossilisées et ont parfois conservé leur nature originelle d'opale (...)

Spanish

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