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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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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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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On a trip to the Bering Sea in August 2007, the Greenpeace crew on board the Esperanza discovered a new species of sponge, Aaptos kunuux, named after the Aleut word for "heart." ... You Are Here: ... Photos & Videos >
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On a trip to the Bering Sea in August 2007, the Greenpeace crew on board the Esperanza discovered a new species of sponge, Aaptos kunuux, named after the Aleut word for "heart." ... The Swiftia pacifica, a species of soft coral, ... A juvenile golden king crab rests on a piece of sponge in this Greenpeace handout image.
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Sponges (phylum Porifera) are an exclusively aquatic and, with a few exceptions (Vacelet and Boury-Esnault 1995), a filter-feeding group of animals. The group consists of approximately 15,000 extant species in three distinct groups (Hooper and van Soest 2002): ... The body plan of a sponge is simple (e.g., De Vos et al.
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The sponge shows a cup-shaped form with a broad, moderately dense root tuft, which contains three- and four-rayed orthotropal anchors characteristic for Rossella. The skeleton is composed of bundles of diactines, hexactines of two orders, and pentactines.
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Christopher Kelley, the principal investigator of the project, said the monument is potentially protecting so many new species and new records of species that many will not be revealed for decades to come.
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