Amorphinopsis Armata
''Amorphinopsis armata'', also known as ''Halichondria armata'' is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Halichondriidae Halichondriidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida. These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern. Genera The following genera are recognised in the fam .... References {{Demosponge-stub Halichondrida Animals described in 1897 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sea Sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized cells that can transform into other types and that often migrate between the main cell layers and the mesohyl in the process. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems. Instead, most rely on maintaining a constant water flow through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and to remove wastes. Sponges were first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the last common ancestor of all animals, making them the sister group of all other animals. Etymology The term ''sponge'' derives from the Ancient Greek word ( 'sponge'). Overview Sponges are similar to other animals in that they are multicellular, he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Halichondriidae
Halichondriidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida. These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern. Genera The following genera are recognised in the family Halichondriidae: * '' Amorphinopsis'' Carter, 1887 * '' Axinyssa'' Lendenfeld, 1897 * '' Ciocalapata'' Laubenfels, 1936 * '' Ciocalypta'' Bowerbank, 1862 * '' Cryptax'' de Laubenfels, 1954 * '' Epipolasis'' Laubenfels, 1936 * ''Halichondria ''Halichondria'' is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Halichondriidae. These are massive, amorphous sponges with clearly separated inner and outer skeletons consisting of bundles of spicules arranged in a seemingly random pattern. ...'' Fleming, 1828 * '' Hymeniacidon'' Bowerbank, 1858 * '' Johannesia'' Gerasimova, Erpenbeck & Plotkin, 2008 * '' Laminospongia'' Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 * '' Sarcomella'' Schmidt, 1868 * '' Spongosorites Topsent, 1896 * '' Topsentia'' Berg, 1899 * ''Vos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Halichondrida
Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponge Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide (World Porifera Database). They are sponges with a soft body that covers a har ...s within the phylum Porifera.van Soest, R. (2016)Heteroscleromorpha.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-17. References Sponge subclasses Taxa named by Nicole Boury-Esnault {{Demosponge-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |