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Glass sponges (Hexactinellida)

      Glass sponges - class Hexactinellida are typical by tri-axial (triaxonn) spicules, composed of opal (in the fossil record by SiO2).

Author: Radek Vodrážka
Plocoscyphia p4281
Porifera p6347
PoriferaAD Horný (1956) RH26
Porifera FF408
Porifera FF481
Protospongia MM252
Protospongiafoto MM297
Pyritonema feistmanteli YA920
Pyritonema feistmanteli YA313
Pyritonema feistmanteli p5125
Pyritonema MŠ3362
Pyritonema MŠ3364
Pyritonema XA730
Pyritonema MŠ3360
Pyritonema MŠ3363
Pyritonema MŠ3359
Pyritonema MŠ3358
Pyrospongia cizkovicensisZahálka (1900), Pl. 3, fig. 83-85 p2545
Pyrospongia kosticensisZahálka (1900), Pl. 3, fig. 81-82 p2538
Pyrospongia vrbaeiZahálka (1900), Pl. 2, fig. 75 p4211

Virtual museum of the Czech Geological Survey, www.geology.cz, (C) Czech Geological Survey, 2011, v.0.99 [13.12.2011]