Definition of Sponge genus

1. Noun. A genus of Porifera.

Group relationships: Phylum Porifera, Porifera
Specialized synonyms: Euplectella, Genus Euplectella
Generic synonyms: Genus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sponge Genus

spondylosyndesis
spondylothoracic
spondylotomy
spondylous
spondyls
spong
sponge bag
sponge bath
sponge baths
sponge biopsy
sponge cake
sponge cakes
sponge cloth
sponge down
sponge genus (current term)
sponge gourd
sponge mop
sponge morel
sponge mushroom
sponge off
sponge on
sponge out
sponge roll
sponge tent
sponge up
spongecake
spongecakes
sponged
spongefly

Literary usage of Sponge genus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1877)
"... is a sponge genus without spicules of any kind. It has been made the subject of investigation by several observers, and lately by Carter and Barrois. ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"... the coral is not fleshy, but crustaceous externally, and with subcylindrical branches. SPONGE. Genus ..."

3. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... of the folding of the chamber layer result in a type of canal system which reminds us of what has been described above in the calcareous sponge, genus ..."

4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"... has injudiciously given the name of aplysia, which Pliny gives to certain of the sponge genus, and to which nomenclature of ..."

5. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"I was glad to note, in fitting testimony to Grant's critical research on sponges, that he is memorialized in the sponge genus Grantia and several ..."

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