Lyssacinosa

Lyssacinosa

taxobox


image_caption =
name = Lyssacinosa
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Porifera
classis = Hexactinellida
subclassis = Hexasterophora
ordo = Lyssacinosa
subdivision_ranks = Families include
subdivision = 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.

References

* [http://kord.kober.us/hexactinellida/hexasterophora/lyssacinosa/ Identification key for Lyssacinosa]


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