A specialized cell type found in sponges that helps produce or organize skeletal elements.
From Greek 'desma' (bundle) + 'cyte' (cell), literally 'bundle-producing cell,' a zoological term.
When you learn that specialized cells have names like 'desmacyte,' you realize how thoroughly scientists have catalogued nature—they've even named the cells in the body of creatures that are 95% water and have no organs!
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