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Descriptor English: Agelas
Descriptor Spanish: Agelas
Descriptor Agelas
Scope note: Género de esponjas grandes, de colores intensos, de la familia Agelasidae. Poseen un esqueleto de fibras de espongina con un núcleo de espículas grandes (megascleras).
Descriptor Portuguese: Agelas
Descriptor French: Agelas
Entry term(s): Agela
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.802.039
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D047230
Scope note: A genus of large, brightly colored SPONGES in the family Agelasidae, possessing a skeleton of spongin fibers with a core of large spicules (megascleres).
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Porifera (1989-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38517
Unique ID: D047230
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Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Agelas - Preferred
Concept UI M0456888
Scope note A genus of large, brightly colored SPONGES in the family Agelasidae, possessing a skeleton of spongin fibers with a core of large spicules (megascleres).
Preferred term Agelas
Entry term(s) Agela



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