Biology:Amphidiscosa

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Amphidiscosa
Temporal range: Ordovician–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Hexactinellida
Subclass:
Order:
Amphidiscosa

Schrammen, 1924

Amphidiscosa is an order of hexactinellid sponges characterized by amphidisc spicules, that is, spicules having a stellate disk at each end.[1] They are in the class Hexactinellida and the subclass Amphidiscophora[2] The creatures have been existing since the Ordovician period, and still flourishing today."[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4748249 entry