Lyssacinosa

Lyssacinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Subclass: Hexasterophora
Order: Lyssacinosa
Families include

Caulophacidae
Euplectellidae
Leucopsacadidae
Rossellidae

Lyssacinosa is an order of glass sponges belonging to the subclass Hexasterophora. These sponges can be recognized by the parenchymal spicules usually being unconnected, unlike in other sponges in the subclass where the spicules form a more or less tightly connected skeleton.

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