Porifera Animalia Flora and Fauna
Porifera Animalia Flora and Fauna
The Phylum Porifera includes the animals commonly known as sponges. This is a diverse group, with about 5000 known species. Most are marine, but around 150 species live in fresh water.The four Classes of sponges are Calcarea (Calcispongiae), Hexactinellida (Hyalospongiae), Demospongiae, and Sclerospongiae (considered by many to be a subclass of Demospongiae).
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Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: Sponges - Species list from the USGS on the nonindigenous sponges found in US waters, with factsheets and collection details.
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Underwater Field Guide to Sponges of Ross Island and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica - Beautiful annotated photographs of sponges (Porifera) of Antarctica.
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Porifera List - Links to a number of sponge-related sites.
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Porifera - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the sponges, including Leucosolenia, Sycon, Spongilla, Cliona and Euplectella, in detail.
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Introduction to Porifera - A good start on the biology of sponges, including phylogeny, life history, and ecology.
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The Sponges of British Columbia - Descriptions of sponges by Curt Smecher.
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Hermit Crab Sponges - An article by Floyd Sandford about the sponges that are carried around by hermit crabs.
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Sponges of Northern California Fouling Communities - Gallery of photographs of a number of species.
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Porifera Biology on the WWW - A central clearinghouse for sponge researchers, including a porifera listserver bulletin board and who's who in sponge research.
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Phylum Porifera (Sponges) - Description of the sponges and their taxonomy, from the Animal Diversity Web.
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Sponge City - Article by William Amos on sponges and their general biology, and the pistol shrimp and other creatures that live inside their chambers.
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Halichondria bowerbanki - Photograph of this sponge and information including its identification, range and introduction into the US.
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Khoyatan Sponge Page - Sponges of The Northeast Pacific - Photographs of four Classes of sponges in the Khoyatan Marine Laboratory.
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