Demospongiae
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Demospongiae is the largest and most diverse class of sponges, comprising the vast majority of living sponge species found in marine and freshwater environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Demospongiae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19000215 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Demospongiae Context triple: [Porifera, majorClass, Demospongiae]
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A.
Porifera
Porifera is a basal animal phylum comprising the sponges, simple multicellular organisms characterized by porous bodies and a lack of true tissues and organs.
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B.
Scyphozoa
Scyphozoa is a class of predominantly marine jellyfish known for their conspicuous medusa stage and gelatinous, bell-shaped bodies.
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C.
Cubozoa
Cubozoa is a class of cnidarians commonly known as box jellyfish, characterized by their cube-shaped bells and potent venom.
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D.
Pycnoidei
Pycnoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, comprising various bottom-dwelling, often spiny species.
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E.
Medusozoa
Medusozoa is a subphylum of cnidarians that includes the jellyfish and related medusa-form animals characterized by radial symmetry and stinging cells.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Demospongiae Target entity description: Demospongiae is the largest and most diverse class of sponges, comprising the vast majority of living sponge species found in marine and freshwater environments.
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A.
Porifera
Porifera is a basal animal phylum comprising the sponges, simple multicellular organisms characterized by porous bodies and a lack of true tissues and organs.
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B.
Scyphozoa
Scyphozoa is a class of predominantly marine jellyfish known for their conspicuous medusa stage and gelatinous, bell-shaped bodies.
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C.
Cubozoa
Cubozoa is a class of cnidarians commonly known as box jellyfish, characterized by their cube-shaped bells and potent venom.
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D.
Pycnoidei
Pycnoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, comprising various bottom-dwelling, often spiny species.
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E.
Medusozoa
Medusozoa is a subphylum of cnidarians that includes the jellyfish and related medusa-form animals characterized by radial symmetry and stinging cells.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.