I worked hard to make sure the post was longer than this image. Within the glass sponges (Hexactinellids), so called because of scaffolds of silica spicules they form, resides a family of sponges, the ...

PROF. DENDY'S memoir (in Acta Zoologica, 1921, pp. 95-152, 50 figures) on the evolution of the tetraxonid sponge-spicule will appeal equally to those interested in problems of evolution or in ...

The phylum Porifera (sponges; “pore bearing) is divided into three classes, Hexactinellida, Demospongiae, and Calcarea. Calcarea is the oddball of the group, building skeletal elements out of calcium ...

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Storyderm, a dermacosmetic brand, released a renewed "Princess Peel," a gold spicule peeling product. Princess Peel is a spicule peeling product that ...

April 26 (UPI) --New research suggests ocean sponges aren't as sedentary as once thought. Recent surveys of the Arctic seabed revealed trails of light brown sponge spicules, needle-like support ...

The Venus' flower basket sea sponge has hair-like appendages that hold it in place on the sea floor. Researchers show that the internal structure of those fibers is fine-tuned for strength. The ...

With their rigid structures and lack of appendages, sponges can seem more like plants or fungi than the animals that they are. Long assumed to be basically immobile, sponges have been spotted leaving ...

The aquatic animal known as the sponge is often described as entirely sessile: once they've settled in a spot and matured, they aren't generally thought of as moving around. But, according to a new ...

The sea sponge is a strange creature. Classed as an aquatic animal, but missing the usual features such as limbs, eyes, nervous systems, blood or organs, their animal credentials have remained ...

Something with no legs, no feet and no skeleton is crawling around down there, scientists say. By Marion Renault Deep-sea sponges are not known for their mobility. After all, they lack muscles, ...