Hexactinellida (Hexactinellid Sponges) is a class of sponges. There are 662 species of Hexactinellid Sponges, in 129 genera and 19 families. They are omnivores. They have asexual reproduction.
Definition: Capable of the biological process in which new individuals are produced by either a single cell or a group of cells, in the absence of any sexual process.
Definition: Component found in mineralized skeletal tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized, and which functions in mechanical and structural support.)
Definition: Capable of the biological process in which new individuals are produced by either a single cell or a group of cells, in the absence of any sexual process.
Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
The environments in which many hexactinellid sponges species are known to live. Select an environment to see its hexactinellid sponges species checklist.
hexactinellid sponges Habitats
The environments in which many hexactinellid sponges species are known to live. Select an environment to see its hexactinellid sponges species checklist.
