lithistid

(lɪˈθɪstɪd)

a sponge, of the group Lithistida, consisting of small spikes which form a skeletal structure

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In Ardanatz (and Arraitza) hexactinellid and lithistid sponges occur.

Lithological Outcrops Lithistid Lithistid Stylocoenia units indet.

The macrofauna is mainly represented by hexactinellid and lithistid sponges, scleractinian corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, tube-dwelling polychaetes, molluscs (gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods--nautiloids--and scaphopods), arthropods (crab claw fragments), echinoderms (crinoid stalk fragments, plates--ossicles--of asteroids, and spines and test fragments of echinoids), shark teeth, turtle plates, as well as sirenian vertebrae and ribs (Figs.

Fossil associations from the middle and upper Eocene strata of the Pamplona basin and surrounding areas (Navarre, western Pyrenees)

Antifungal cyclic peptides from the lithistid sponge Microscleroderma sp," Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol.

Antimicrobial peptides: versatile biological properties

On some spheroidal lithistid Spongida from the Upper Silurian Formation of New Brunswick.

Ordovician sponges (Porifera) and other silicifications from Baltica in Neogene and Pleistocene fluvial deposits of the Netherlands and northern Germany/Ordoviitsiumi kasnad (Porifera) ja teised ranistunud fossiilid Pohja-Saksamaa ning Hollandi Neogeeni ja Pleistotseeni fluviaalsetes setetes