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Definition of Sponge genus
1. Noun. A genus of Porifera.
Specialized synonyms: Euplectella, Genus Euplectella
Generic synonyms: Genus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sponge Genus
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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