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  2. Sponge - Wikipedia

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    All freshwater and most shallow-water marine sponges have leuconid bodies. The networks of water passages in glass sponges are similar to the leuconid structure. [18] In all three types of structure, the cross-section area of the choanocyte-lined regions is much greater than that of the intake and outlet channels.

  3. Aquaculture of sea sponges - Wikipedia

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    The sponges are inserted into the vagina in much the same way a tampon is, but when full are removed, cleaned, and reused, rather than discarded. The advantages of a reusable tampon alternative include cost-effectiveness and waste reduction. (Since sponges are biodegradable, even when a menstrual sponge's absorbent life is over it can be ...

  4. Demosponge - Wikipedia

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    About 311 million years ago, in the Late Carboniferous, the order Spongillida split from the marine sponges, and is the only sponges to live in freshwater environments. [8] Some species are brightly colored, with great variety in body shape; the largest species are over 1 m (3.3 ft) across. [ 6 ]

  5. Spongilla - Wikipedia

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    Using their ostia and osculum these sponges filter the water for various small aquatic organisms such as protozoans, bacteria, and other free-floating pond life. [4] Sponges of the genus Spongilla partake in symbiotic relationships with green algae, zoochlorellae. The symbiotic zoochlorellae give the sponges a green appearance and without them ...

  6. Aplysina cauliformis - Wikipedia

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    Sponges within the genus Aplysina are typically found throughout the Caribbean basin, but some have been found down the coast of South America. [6] Most observations of Aplysina cauliformis have taken place in shallow-water coral reefs, where sponges are beginning to make up more of the foundation than corals due to warming ocean temperatures. [6]

  7. Cliona celata - Wikipedia

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    Cliona celata, occasionally called the boring sponge, is a species of demosponge belonging the family Clionaidae. [1] It is found worldwide. This sponge bores round holes up to 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter in limestone or the shells of molluscs, especially oysters.

  8. Archaeocyatha - Wikipedia

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    Flow tank experiments suggest that archaeocyathan morphology allowed them to exploit flow gradients, either by passively pumping water through the skeleton, or, as in present-day, extant sponges, by drawing water through the pores, removing nutrients, and expelling spent water and wastes through the pores into the central space.

  9. Suberites - Wikipedia

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    These sponges also have similar graft-response inflammation to vertebrates. [2] Their immune systems are much simpler than vertebrates; they consist of only innate immunity. [ 2 ] Because they filter thousands of liters of water per day, and their environment contains a high concentration of bacteria and viruses, Suberites have developed a ...