agc 06/14/94 initiated, 09/19/94 revised, and 01/27/98 overhauled.

bmw 05/08/97 -- gave the receptaculitids a lick of paint, as it were.

agc -- 01-28-2000, updated the hexactinellid pages with some new pictures and information on recently documented sponge reefs off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.