genus euplectella

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Hyalospongiae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	sponge genus,
definition	:	a genus of Porifera (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	venus's flower basket,
definition	:	a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	class hyalospongiae, hyalospongiae,
definition	:	sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers (noun.animal)