Facts: Sponges

Quick facts about this unique and primitive phylum of mostly filter feeding invertebrates. The sponge (Porifera, sea sponge). Sponge facts! See if you can spot Spongebob! Facts about sponges. Sponges facts. Podcast: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References and Helpful Links Sponges (Porifera). Germany, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. Mothersil, Carmel, and Austin, Brian. Aquatic Invertebrate Cell Culture. Germany, Springer London, 2000. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. United States, Springer US, 2012. Hawaii’s Sea Creatures: A Guide to Hawaii’s Marine Invertebrates By John P Hoover ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music: Antarctica by Audionautix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Images Licensed Under Creative Commons/Public Domain By Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE. - NOAA Photo Library: reef3859, Public Domain, By Philcha - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Tomas Castelazo [CC BY-SA ()] Nhobgood Nick Hobgood [CC BY-SA ()] User: (WT-shared) Pbsouthwood at wts wikivoyage [CC BY-SA ()] M. Readey [CC BY-SA ()] By Philcha - Own work, Public Domain, By NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration - NOAA, Public Domain, By Alexander Vasenin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, By Edgar181 - Own work, Public Domain, By Kirt L. Onthank, CC BY-SA 3.0, By Wilson44691 at English Wikipedia - Photograph taken by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster).[1], Public Domain, By Alcinoe at English Wikipedia - Own work by the original uploader, Public Domain, By Nabokov at English Wikipedia (Required attribution is: “Photo by Tom Oates“), CC BY-SA 3.0, By Nhobgood (talk) Nick Hobgood - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Videos Licensed Under Creative Commons/Public Domain NOAA projectSPECIALeu