Dictyonal framework Definition In H.; rigid framework of choanosomal spicules or principalia that originated from fused hexactins (in Sceptrulophora, Lychniscosida and likely Fieldingiidae); often growing as dictyonal strands, otherwise from simple spicule fusion. Photos Dictyonal framework of Euretidae Dictyonal framework of Lychniscosida Dictyonal framework of Tretodictyidae