choanite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”).

Noun

choanite (plural choanites)

1. A spongiform fossil of the historical genus Choanites, thought to resemble a petrified sea-anemone.
2. Any of genus Choanites Mantell, 1822 sensu Laubenfels, 1936, accepted as Suberites Nardo, 1833, certain demosponges.

Derived terms

• cyrtochoanite
• cyrtochoanitic

Related terms

• choano-
• orthochoanitic

References

spongiform fossil

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “choanite”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Choanites at Index to Organism Names

any of Choanites, syn. of Suberities

• Suberites on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Choanites at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Choanites at World Register of Marine Species

Anagrams

• Noachite, ethanoic, inchoate, thiocane