Images of sea sponges from the Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years1873-76; each image shows a sponge framed by examples of the glass-like spines (called spicules) which make up its "skeleton":
Sea cucumbers also have attractive mineralized parts called spicules, but these function as external armor rather than internal support. 
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