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  2. Hippospongia communis - Wikipedia

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    Hippospongia communis also known as the honeycomb bath sponge, is a marine sponge in the phylum Porifera. Hippospongia communis is a brown or darker color [1] and very porous, due to its many oscules, and is commonly found in shallow waters of the Mediterranean. Throughout history, H. communis has been used for cleaning, medicine, and cooking ...

  3. Xylospongium - Wikipedia

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    A replica xylospongium (sponge on a stick) Ancient Roman latrines in Ostia Antica The xylospongium or tersorium, also known as a "sponge on a stick", was a utensil found in ancient Roman latrines, consisting of a wooden stick (Greek: ξύλον, xylon) with a sea sponge (Greek: σπόγγος, spongos) fixed at one end.

  4. Cinachyra antarctica - Wikipedia

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    Cinachyra antarctica is a species of antarctic sponge belonging to the family Tetillidae. [1] It was first described by H.J. Carter in 1872. [2] A 2002 study in Antarctica calculated that this sponge and another antarctic sponge, Anoxycalyx joubini, have amazingly long lifespans surpassing 1,550 years in C. antarctica and 15,000 years in A. joubini.

  5. Squeegee - Wikipedia

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    Squeegee, sponge, and chalk on a desk. A squeegee is a tool with a flat, smooth rubber blade, used to remove or control the flow of liquid on a flat surface. It is used for cleaning and in printing. The earliest written references to squeegees date from the mid-18th century and concern deck-cleaning tools, some with leather rather than rubber ...

  6. Sponge - Wikipedia

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    Sponge loop hypothesis. Steps of the sponge loop pathway: (1) corals and algae release exudates as dissolved organic matter (DOM), (2) sponges take up DOM, (3) sponges release detrital particulate organic matter (POM), (4) sponge detritus (POM) is taken up by sponge-associated and free-living detritivores. [61] [63] [75] The sponge holobiont.

  7. Sponge reef - Wikipedia

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    The sponges reached their full extent in the late Jurassic (201-145 million years ago) when a discontinuous reef system 7,000 km long stretched across the northern Tethys and North Atlantic basins. [6] This chain of sponge reefs is the largest known biostructure to have ever existed on Earth. [6]

  8. Sponge (tool) - Wikipedia

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    A sponge (/ ˈ s p ʌ n dʒ / SPUNJ) is a cleaning aid made of soft, porous material. Typically used for cleaning impervious surfaces, sponges are especially good at absorbing water and water-based solutions.

  9. Spongilla - Wikipedia

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    The free-swimming larvae are released out the osculum and will eventually settle and attach elsewhere. [6] Since the larvae are developed inside the spongilla it is viviparous . Unlike marine sponges, freshwater sponges are exposed to far more variable environmental conditions, so they have developed gemmules as an overwintering mechanism.