glass sponge en · NOUN
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Any organism of the class Hexactinellida of sponges, which has a skeleton made of four-pointed or six-pointed siliceous spicules.
Within the phylum Porifera is the class Hexactinellida, commonly known as glass sponges, which, until recently, remained largely unstudied due to past interests in another class, Demospongiae.^([25]) Glass sponges are typically found in marine environments at depths ranging from 200 to 6000 m, but have also been found to live at shallower depths.
2016, Samantha M. Gromek, Ashley M. West, Marcy J. Balunas, “Chapter 12: Off the Beaten Path: Natural Products from Extreme Environments”, in Bill J. Baker, editor, Marine Biomedicine: From Beach to Bedside, page 344:Glass sponges are found in deep water (greater than 500 m) in all oceans of the world, but only inhabit shallower waters (up to 20 m) in four known locations: Antarctica, southern New Zealand, submarine caves in the Mediterranean and coastal waters of the north Pacific.
2007, S. P. Leys, G. O. Mackie, H. M. Reiswig, “The Biology of Glass Sponges”, in D. W. Sims, editor, Advances in Marine Biology, volume 52, page 85:1996, Carroll Lane Fenton, Pat Vickers Rich, Mildred Adams Fenton, Thomas H. V. Rich, The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life, Revised Edition 1989, New Corrections 1996, page 114, Glass sponges are rare in the Ordovician and Silurian but are preserved in enormous numbers in Late Devonian formations of western New York.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glass sponges | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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hexactinellid sponge (any species of Hexactinellida) · hexactinellid (any species of Hexactinellida)
Translations (8)
de Glasschwamm (sponge of class Hexactinellida) · fr éponge siliceuse (sponge of class Hexactinellida) · pl gąbka szklana (sponge of class Hexactinellida) · fr éponge hexactinellide (sponge of class Hexactinellida) · fr éponge de verre (sponge of class Hexactinellida) · fr éponge hyaline (sponge of class Hexactinellida) · hu üvegszivacs (sponge of class Hexactinellida) · es esponja vítrea (sponge of class Hexactinellida)