Sponges - Marine & Freshwater

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Extremely interesting and informative article on marine and freshwater sponges:


Branches on the Tree of Life: Sponges (http://ebiomedia.com/prod/BOsponges.html)
Written and photographed by David Denning (http://ebiomedia.com/prod/BOsponges.html)



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It's interesting to find out there are 150 species of freshwater sponges and some can grow as large as a meter in diameter:wideeyed: .
More info here (http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/plantid2/descriptions/bryozoan.html) from the Washington State Department of Ecology.

A picture of a freshwater sponge and some info here at Zoo Lab (http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/zoolab/Table_of_Contents/Lab-3a/Freshwater_Sponges/freshwater_sponges.htm).