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Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera (pronounced /pɒˈrɪfərə/ ). Their bodies consist of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. While all animals have unspeciali...
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Answers to questions on species of the sponge; is the sponge a plant or animal; its habitat; varying sizes and shapes; social habits; classification - siliceous sponges, glass sponges, calcareous sponges; types of sponges - commercial bath sponge, freshwater sponge, sea sponge, ocean sponge. ... The so-called bath sponge,
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sponge (animal), Annotated classification, Britannica Online Encyclopedia, The classification below, which refers to the three classes of living sponges, is adapted from that of E. Topsent as modified by C. Levi on the basis of embryological data; ... The classification below, which refers to ... CREATE MY sponge NEW DOCUMENT...
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The body plan of a sponge is simple (e.g., De Vos et al. 1991): a single outer layer of cells (the pinacoderm) separates the inner cellular region (mesohyl) from the external environment. ... 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Demospongiae: implications for classification and scenarios of character evolution. Mol. Phylogenet.
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Classification: Kingdom Animalia (animals), Phylum Porifera (sponges), Classes: Calcarea (calcerous sponges - having spicules), Demospongiae (horn sponges, like the bath sponge), Scleropongiae (coralline or tropical reef sponges), and Hexactinellida (glass sponges).
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Cambrian - Recent ... Poriferans with skeletons composed of spongin, or mixed spongin and siliceous spicules. ... Classification of sponges...
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The first fossils of animals appeared over 700 million years ago, starting with animals that may have been very much like the sponge. In this unit, you will read about the invertebrates. ...
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These animals look like plants or fungi, but they are actually simple invertebrates. Most sponges dwell in salt water, spending their lives attached to rocks or reefs ... Demosponges (including the familiar bath sponge and tube sponges) ... HOW DO SPONGES FEED? ; SPONGE CLASSIFICATION; FIND OUT MORE...
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There are some Sponge species to be avoided (stinging, stinking and easily dying varieties), but by and large encouraging, even propagating Sponge "material" is very much a part of the reef experience. With care in selection and husbandry you can benefit from the Sponges that do well in captive reef environments.
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