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Lychniscosida
Lychniscosida is an order of sponges belonging to the class Hexactinellida. Families: * Aulocystidae * Becksiidae * Callodictyidae * Callodictyonidae * Calypterellidae * Calyptrellidae * Camerospongiidae * Coeloptychidae * Coeloscysphiidae * Coscinoporidae * Cypellidae * Cypelliidae * Dactylocalycidae * Diapleuridae ''Diapleuridae'' is a family of five extinct species of marine glass sponges found in the Caribbean Sea, Florida Straits, Banda Sea, and US Virgin Islands. A sixth species–''Diapleura hatoni''–is postulated to have existed around the same time ... * Oncotoechidae * Polyblastidiidae * Sporadopylidae * Ventriculitidae References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4143365 Hexactinellida Sponge orders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hexactinellida
Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- and/or six-pointed siliceous spicules, often referred to as glass sponges. They are usually classified along with other sponges in the phylum Porifera, but some researchers consider them sufficiently distinct to deserve their own phylum, Symplasma. Some experts believe glass sponges are thlongest-lived animals on earth these scientists tentatively estimate a maximum age of up to 15,000 years. Biology Glass sponges are relatively uncommon and are mostly found at depths from below the sea level. Although the species '' Oopsacas minuta'' has been found in shallow water, others have been found much deeper. They are found in all oceans of the world, although they are particularly common in Antarctic and Northern Pacific waters. They are more-or-less cup-shaped animals, ranging from in height, with sturdy lattice-like internal skeletons made up of fused spicules of silica. The body is relatively symmetrical, with a lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulocystidae
Aulocystidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Lychniscosida Lychniscosida is an order of sponges belonging to the class Hexactinellida. Families: * Aulocystidae * Becksiidae * Callodictyidae * Callodictyonidae * Calypterellidae * Calyptrellidae * Camerospongiidae * Coeloptychidae * Coeloscysphiida .... Genera: * '' Adaverina'' Klaamann, 1969 * '' Adetopora'' Sokolov, 1955 * '' Aulostegites'' Lejeune & Pel, 1973 * '' Cystitrypanopora'' Jia, 1977 * '' Lychnocystis'' Reiswig, 2002 * '' Neoaulocystis'' Zhuravleva, 1962 * '' Pachyphragma'' Watkins, 1959 * '' Plexituba'' Stainbrook, 1946 * '' Pseudoromingeria'' Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4141661 Sponges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dactylocalycidae
Dactylocalycidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Lychniscosida. Genera: * '' Dactylocalyx'' Stutchbury, 1841 * '' Exanthesis'' Regnard, 1925 * '' Iphiteon'' Bowerbank, 1869 * '' Moretiella'' Breistroffer, 1949 * '' Ophrystoma'' Zittel, 1878 * '' Paraplocia'' Pomel, 1872 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4125611 Sponges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Diapleuridae
''Diapleuridae'' is a family of five extinct species of marine glass sponges found in the Caribbean Sea, Florida Straits, Banda Sea, and US Virgin Islands. A sixth species–''Diapleura hatoni''–is postulated to have existed around the same time as the other five, but there is limited research on it. ''Diapleuridae'' is part of class Hexactinellida and order Lyssacinosida. These sponges lived during the Middle Epoch of the Eocene and were filter feeders that were attached to the benthos by a basal disc. The oldest recorded fossil of a species of ''Diapluridae'' is from 47.8 million years ago, with the most recent fossil dated 41.3 million years ago. Ecology These species lived on the benthos of the ocean in the epipelagic, between about 200 and 500 meters in depth. The individual sponge is roughly 30mm in height and 25mm in width, surrounded by a silica coating that creates the “glass” exterior. All species of this family were suspension feeders, primarily feeding on plank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
