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English: Typical siliceous megascleres:

a, Diactinal monaxon (oxeate).

b, Style.

c, Triact.

d, Primitive tetraxon (calthrops).

e, Hexact.

f, Polyaxon desma.

g, Sterraster (often regarded as a microsclere).

h, Part of section of sterraster, showing two rays united by intervening silica.
Date published 1911
Source “Sponges,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 25, 1911, p. 722, fig. 26.
Author After W. J. Sollas.
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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current16:42, 2 October 2018Thumbnail for version as of 16:42, 2 October 2018742 × 503 (80 KB)Bob Burkhardt{{Information |description ={{en|1=Typical siliceous megascleres: ''a'', Diactinal monaxon (oxeate). ''b'', Style. ''c'', Triact. ''d'', Primitive tetraxon (calthrops). ''e'', Hexact. ''f'', Polyaxon desma. ''g'', Sterraster (often regarded as a microsclere). ''h'', Part of section of sterraster, showing two rays united by intervening silica. }} |date =published 1911 |source =“Sponges,” ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (11th ed.), v. 25, 1911, p. 722, fig. 26....