Porifera
Sponges are a diverse group of sometimes common types, with about 5000 species known across the world. Sponges are primarily marine, but… More »
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Look back a few, maybe a decade ago, and you’d find very few people keeping live Sponges. ... The Porifera live up to their names by having a characteristic arrangement of specialized cells imbedded in a spongy matrix (spongin), incurrent pores (ostia) formed by porocytes allow water into an open space (atrium) in their...
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More than 5,000 different species of sponges exist worldwide, but only about 15 have some economical importance. Four classes of sponges can be identified: The Calcarea (calcareous spicules); the Hexactinellidae (six-rayed siliceous spicules); ... Hippospongia communis FAO names: Engl.: Honey comb...
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Animal Behavior question: Names of sea sponges? porifera.
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Animal Life question: What common names do sponges go by? poriffera ... What are common names of sponges? What are common names for sponges? What is a sea sponges common name? What is the common name of sponges? 4 common names for speciman sponges? What are the common name of sponges?
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The concept of sponges has changed names over time and place. Some teachers call them "bell work" or "vocabulary builders." Whatever we call them, they are worthwhile for many reasons. They are especially useful as effective vocabulary builders for English language learners.
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WHAT WE DO: ... •Create educational materials for use in the classroom ... Looking for sponges? The page moved here!;
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Boring sponge in the shell of a Black clam ... The sponge has bored holes in the mussel shell. Through these greenish inhalent and exhalent tubes protrude papillae. The greenish colour originates from a symbiotic algae, ... Boring sponges can even obtain food by filtering very small particles out of the water.
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There are so many valuable facetsprovided here--the scientific names of the sponges, the first compendium of their common names, and especially the identifications of the assorted non-sponge reef fauna--all add tremendously to the utility of this resource as a training and educational tool...
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Male sponges require strictly masculine names; female sponges require strictly feminine names. So don't name the sponge "Jamie" or "Alex" or "Sam". Also, all sponges require normal, American names, so don't even try naming the sponge "Azia" or "Musa" or "Juan".
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