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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
Solidinodus poctaeZahálka (1889a), Pl. I, fig 11 p4175
Solidinodus poctae p4318
Solidinodus poctaeZahálka (1889a), Pl. I, fig. 4 p4318
Solidinodus poctae p4483
Solidinodus poctaeZahálka (1889a), Pl. I, fig. 2 a, b p4175
Solidinodus poctaeZahálka (1889a), Pl. 1, fig. 6 a, b p4175
Solidinodus poctaeZahálka (1889a), Pl. 1, fig. 7 p4175
Solidinodus poctaeZahálka (1889a), Pl. 1, fig. 8 p4175
Solidonodus poctae p4278
Solidonodus poctae p4283
Solidonodus poctaeZahálka (1889a), Pl. I, fig. 5 a, b p4318
Solidonodus purkynei p4305
Stichophyma turbinata p4469
Stichophyma turbinata p4360
Synaulia patinaeformis p3912
Thecosiphonia craniataZahálka (1888), Pl. 1, fig. 1-2 p2552
Thecosiphonia nobilis p4365
Thecosiphonia nobilis p4364
Thecosiphonia terminata p4154
Thecosiphonia ternata p4367

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