There are about 5,000 species of sponges found throughout the world. Most sponges are found in oceans, although some groups are found in fresh waters such as lakes. They were the first group of animals that has specialized cells to do special jobs.
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As a result, sponges can maintain 68% to 99% of the useful matter that they induct through their various body orfices. In the area of oxygen, there is an efficient percentage of 75% oxygen maintained. In fact, sponges filter the entire Caribbean Sea in one day.
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They receive oxygen from the water they filter through their pores.
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Sponges are an important part of the coral reef ecosystem, yet surprisingly little is known about their biology and role in the cycles of nutrient elements in reef ecosystems. A major focus of this work is to understand how fast sponges respire oxygen and recycle nitrogen to the reef.
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Bath sponges Spongia, Hippospongia Cnidaria have these two stages Polyp and medusa Cnidarians always have these cells Nematocysts Nematocysts Stinging organelles composed of cnidocytes Stinging cells that cnidarians have Cnidocytes Polyps are...
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____5. The canal system of sponges in which water flows through porocytes into many flagellaed chambers and then out of the body through many different oscula  is called  A) asconid ... Describe how sponges feed, respire and excrete.
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Recently, the thermosensing pathway in sponges (Porifera) was elucidated. ... Recently, cADPR has been shown to mediate temperature signaling in sponges (Zocchi et al., 2001a ), which are members of the phylum Porifera and comprise the phylogenetically oldest multicellular animals (Metazoa) (Rodrigo et al., 1994 ).
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This article has been cited by other articles: ... Elena Zocchi1,*, Giovanna Basile1, Carlo Cerrano2, Giorgio Bavestrello3, Marco Giovine1, Santina Bruzzone1, Lucrezia Guida1, Armando Carpaneto4, Raffaella Magrassi4 and Cesare Usai4 ... Recently, the thermosensing pathway in sponges (Porifera) was elucidated.
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Look back a few, maybe a decade ago, and you’d find very few people keeping live Sponges. For those attempting this "holy grail", they either couldn’t get healthy specimens or didn’t know how to keep them alive.
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