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Sponge reefs are reefs formed by Hexactinellid sponges, which have a skeleton made of silica, and are often referred to as glass sponges. Such reefs are now very rare, and found only in waters off the coast of British Columbia, Washington and southern Alaska. Recently sponge reefs were identified within the strait of Georgia and Howe sound close to Vancouver. Although common in the late Jurassic period, reef-building sponges were believed to have gone extinct during or shortly after the Cretaceous period, until the existing reefs were discovered Queen Charlotte sound in 1987–1988 – hence these sometimes being dubbed living fossils.

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  • Schwammriff (de)
  • Récif d'éponge (fr)
  • Sponge reef (en)
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  • Unter einem Schwammriff versteht man ein von Kieselschwämmen über sehr lange Zeiträume hinweg aufgebautes Riff. Ausgeprägt große fossile Schwammriffe finden sich zum Beispiel auf der Schwäbischen Alb in den Massenkalken des Weißen Jura. Am Donaudurchbruch bei Beuron (Baden-Württemberg) zeigen die aufragenden und durch die Erosion herauspräparierten Jura-Felsen die fossile Schwammriffbildung besonders eindrucksvoll. (de)
  • Sponge reefs are reefs formed by Hexactinellid sponges, which have a skeleton made of silica, and are often referred to as glass sponges. Such reefs are now very rare, and found only in waters off the coast of British Columbia, Washington and southern Alaska. Recently sponge reefs were identified within the strait of Georgia and Howe sound close to Vancouver. Although common in the late Jurassic period, reef-building sponges were believed to have gone extinct during or shortly after the Cretaceous period, until the existing reefs were discovered Queen Charlotte sound in 1987–1988 – hence these sometimes being dubbed living fossils. (en)
  • Les « récifs d’éponge » sont des récifs marins biogéniques (c’est-à-dire construits par des êtres vivants) qui se sont lentement formés en profondeur, un peu à la manière des récifs coralliens. Ils sont construits à base de silice (et non de carbonate de calcium comme les coralliens), par des éponges du groupe des éponges marines à squelette de silice appelées « éponges de verre » (Hexactinellides) ; ces êtres filtreurs coloniaux comptent parmi les plus anciens animaux à corps dur de la planète. (fr)
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