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Sponges were traditionally distributed in three classes: calcareous sponges (Calcarea), glass sponges (Hexactinellida) and demosponges (Demospongiae). However, studies have now shown that the Homoscleromorpha , a group thought to belong to the Demospongiae , has a genetic relationship well separated from other sponge classes.
Homoscleromorpha is phylogenetically well separated from Demospongiae. [4] Therefore, it has been recognized as the fourth class of sponges. [5] [6]It has been suggested that Homoscleromorpha are more closely related to eumetazoans than to the other sponge groups, rendering sponges paraphyletic. [7]
The many diverse orders in this class include all of the large sponges. About 311 million years ago, in the Late Carboniferous, the order Spongillida split from the marine sponges, and is the only sponges to live in freshwater environments. [8]
Spongilla lacustris is part of the class demosponges of the phylum Porifera. The Porifera phylum contains all sponges which are characterized by the small pores on the outer layer, which take in water. The cells in the sponge walls filter food from the water. Whatever is not uptaken by the sponge is pumped through the body out of a large opening.
Hexactinellida is one of four classes of phylum Porifera. [4] Hexactinellida can exist in many different forms and shapes: sac, vase, blade, and branching. Hexactinellida is distinguished from the other three classes of sponge for its siliceous skeletal arrangements (spicules), triaxonic symmetry (six-rayed spicules or hexactins), and its huge ...
Like almost all sponges, the hexactinellids draw water in through a series of small pores by the whip-like beating of a series of hairs or flagella in chambers which in this group line the sponge wall. The class is divided into two subclasses and several orders: [24] Class Hexactinellida. Subclass Amphidiscophora. Order Amphidiscosida
Category: Sponges by classification. 3 languages. ... This category lists animals of the phylum Porifera, sorted by taxonomic classes. Subcategories.
Like all marine sponges, C. truncata is a member of phylum Porifera and is defined by its filter-feeding lifestyle and flagellated choanocytes, or collar cells, that allow for water movement and feeding. [1] It is a species of demosponge and a member of Demospongiae, the largest class of sponges [2] as well as the family Callyspongiidae.