sterrasters

sterrasters
n. [Gr. sterrhos, solid; aster, star]
(PORIFERA: Desmospongiae)
Large centered, globular spicules with rays reduced to small projections from the spherical surface.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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