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Date & Time : 21, December 2024 18:08
Classification
Phylum - Porifera
Class - Hexactinellida
Order - Amphidiscophora
Genus - Hyalonema
Common Name
Glass rope sponge
Distribution
It is found along new England coast.
Habitat
Hyalonema is a marine form found 10-15 meters deep in sea.
Identifying Characters
- It has a rounded or oval body with a spirally twisted root tuft.
- Spicules of root tuft continue through the sponge body as an axis or collumella and projects above as a gastral cone.
- Root spicules are compact, stalk-like and twisted giving the appearance of a rope.
- Middle part of collumella has symbiotic polyps.
General Characters
- Skeleton consists of small amphidisc sspicules which are siliceous in nature.
- Extending from all over the surface are small, branching, five-rayed spicules.
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