subquadrate
- a word derived from quadrate.
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P. magnifica has circular statoblasts with long marginal processes, while in P. gelatinosa the statoblasts are subquadrate and in P. burmanica almost circular, both Asiatic forms having very short marginal processes.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
Head nearly round; front subquadrate; face short; epistoma very prominent.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Stems thalloid, with large subquadrate succubous leaves; underleaves none.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Stems narrowly forked at the apex; leaves horizontal, subquadrate, the upper undulate-lobed; diœcious; perianth dilated-conic, crenate; spores brownish-yellow, globose-tetrahedral, not depressed, 30 µ broad, deeply reticulated, the reticulations large, 5–6-angled.—Brackish meadows, common; fruiting in early spring.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Gemmule-spicules with the lower rotula invariably larger than the upper; both rotul� flat or somewhat sinuous in profile, usually circular but sometimes asymmetrical or subquadrate in outline, varying considerably in size.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
