Glass sponge (Euplectella sp.)
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Category hierarchy: Animals | Sponges
Description: The dried siliceous skeleton of the deep sea glass sponge, Euplectella.
Capture device: Camera: Fujifilm Finepix S3100
Capture details: Lens: 4x optical zoom; 4.0 megapixel XD picture card
Original date: 20070206
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Porifera (sponges)
- Hexactinellida (hexactinellid sponges)
- Hexasterophora
- Lyssacinosida
- Euplectellidae
- Euplectellinae
- Euplectella
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