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HYALOSPONGIAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hyalospongiae mean?
• HYALOSPONGIAE (noun)
The noun HYALOSPONGIAE has 1 sense:
1. sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers
Familiarity information: HYALOSPONGIAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
class Hyalospongiae; Hyalospongiae
Hypernyms ("Hyalospongiae" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Hyalospongiae"):
glass sponge (a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae)
Euplectella; genus Euplectella (a genus of Hyalospongiae)
Holonyms ("Hyalospongiae" is a member of...):
phylum Porifera; Porifera (coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges)
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