CLASS HYALOSPONGIAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Hyalospongiae mean? 

• CLASS HYALOSPONGIAE (noun)
  The noun CLASS HYALOSPONGIAE has 1 sense:

1. sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers

  Familiarity information: CLASS HYALOSPONGIAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASS HYALOSPONGIAE (noun)

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 ("class Hyalospongiae" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Hyalospongiae"):

glass sponge (a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae)

Euplectella; genus Euplectella (a genus of Hyalospongiae)

Holonyms ("class Hyalospongiae" is a member of...):

phylum Porifera; Porifera (coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges)