#poriferan__sponge__parazoan  primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
  supertype:  invertebrate  any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
  member of:  phylum_Porifera
  subtype:  glass_sponge__glasssponge  a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae
     subtype:  Venus's_flower_basket  deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; East Indian and East Asian coast

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