glass sponge
noun
: any of a class (Hexactinellida synonym Hyalospongiae) of chiefly deep-water siliceous marine sponges with 6-rayed spicules and a skeleton often resembling glass when dried
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Both have evolved to live inside the body of a glass sponge — an adaptation to one of the planet’s most extreme environments.
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Ryan Brennan
march 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
The two species, named Dalhousiella yabukii and Leocratides watanabeae, have evolved to live inside the body of the glass sponge itself.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Both live inside the body of their glass sponge host.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
Ethereal white sponge gardens that were thousands of feet long, flying spaghetti monsters (a type of colonial hydrozoan), casper octopuses, thousand-year-old glass sponges and towering forests of bamboo corals made up just a few of the life forms found here.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
In the East China Sea, scientists discovered the skeleton of a glass sponge that had lived for some 11,000 years.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ryan Brennan
march 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
The two species, named Dalhousiella yabukii and Leocratides watanabeae, have evolved to live inside the body of the glass sponge itself.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Both live inside the body of their glass sponge host.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
Ethereal white sponge gardens that were thousands of feet long, flying spaghetti monsters (a type of colonial hydrozoan), casper octopuses, thousand-year-old glass sponges and towering forests of bamboo corals made up just a few of the life forms found here.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
In the East China Sea, scientists discovered the skeleton of a glass sponge that had lived for some 11,000 years.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Glass sponge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glass%20sponge. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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