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Sponge Biosilica- Perfectionism in Glass

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Skeletons of only marine hexactinellids (glass sponges) display an amazing amount of sizes, complexity and diversity due to their ability to produce silica-based spicules of triaxonic (cubic) and mostly hexactinic symmetry. These structural repetitive motifs are to be found in up to 2 m large and highly hierarchical structured skeletons of selected hexactinellid species. Recent data confirmed, however, the presence of crystalline phases of calcium carbonates origin within glassy spicules of some hexactinellids. Hexactinnelds are still in trend as objects of investigations which are carried out by experts in materials science, architecture, photonics and biomimetics oriented scientific directions.

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Ehrlich, H. (2019). Sponge Biosilica- Perfectionism in Glass. In: Marine Biological Materials of Invertebrate Origin. Biologically-Inspired Systems, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92483-0_7

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