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"Siphonia"
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genus
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hallirhoid
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euphorbiaceous
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caoutchouc
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demosponges
A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc.
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Siphonia ("Siphon") was a genus of extinct hallirhoid demosponges of the Upper Cretaceous. They lived in the Western Tethys Ocean, in what is now Europe. They all had distinctive pear-shaped bodies that were attached to the seafloor via a long stem.
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