Epipolasida
Epipolasida (class Demospongiae, subclass Tetractinomorpha) An order of sponges in which the body has a radial structure. Organic fibres and spicules form the skeleton. The cortex is well developed. Most spicules have four axes. The group first appeared in the Cambrian.
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