glass sponges
glass sponges is the plural of glass sponge.
Meaning of glass sponge
Noun
glass sponge (plural glass sponges)
- Any organism of the class Hexactinellida of sponges, which has a skeleton made of four-pointed or six-pointed siliceous spicules.
- Glass sponges are rare in the Ordovician and Silurian but are preserved in enormous numbers in Late Devonian formations of western New York.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
- Synonyms:
- hexactinellid, hexactinellid sponge
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