Use a sea sponge instead of a tampon, and announce, "Just wringing my sea sponge out, ladies!" when in public bathrooms.
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Sebastian the Sea Sponge, for example, is male and menstruates.
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Specifically, is he a sea sponge or a dish sponge?
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I have only just discovered that Spongebob is a sea sponge?
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Sea sponge apologists: - supposedly a DVD commentary corroborates the "dish sponge > lumpy sea sponge" cartoon theoryDish sponge believers: - his form as a dish sponge is a commentary on a "land dwellers gaze"Misc: - is Spongebob a tampon?
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An octopod brooding its eggs on the stalk of a dead deep-sea sponge.
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Ancient Romans used a sea sponge on a stick, also soaked in salt water.
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Nickelodeon Animation sent Mashable a video, above, of the lovable sea sponge, and he looks so...clothed.
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It was a strapless gown of distressed guipure—with scorched edges, stiffened and gilded—that looked like a giant sea sponge.
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They exist in a fictional world where a sea sponge, a starfish, a squirrel, and a crab are all roughly the same size.
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If you're looking to cut man-made materials out of your life where possible, the Natural Sea Sponge is a great place to start.
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A "minivan-sized" sea sponge was discovered deep in the ocean near Hawaii, according to findings published this week in the scientific journal Marine Biodiversity.
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Making his Broadway debut, Ethan Slater embodies the sweet squeakiness of the titular sea sponge in a way that must be seen to be believed.
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The series, about a anthropomorphic sea sponge named SpongeBob and his various underwater-dwelling friends, airs in more than 200 countries and been translated into more 50 languages.
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The Nickelodeon cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants," created by the late Stephen Hillenburg, features a nasally yellow sea sponge filled with bubbly optimism even in some of the most absurd situations.
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But unless and until that actually happens, you can save a lot of money using something reusable like the Diva Cup, sea sponge tampons, reusable pads, or Thinx period panties.
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SpongeBob — Mr. SquarePants, if you prefer — is theoretically a sea sponge, but he presents as a yellow kitchen sponge who wears a shirt, tie and, as his surname suggests, rectangular brown pants.
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Image: Paco CárdenasScientists from the University of California, Riverside, are claiming to have discovered the oldest known animal fossil—an ancient sea sponge that emerged between 2650 million and 224 million years ago.
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"We shape our tools, and then our tools shape us," a philosopher once said, well before anyone realized just how many other creatures — crows, elephants, dolphins — are handy with a stick or a sea sponge.
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The talking, yellow sea sponge and his aquatic friends are throwing aside the their cartoon facades in the upcoming stop-motion Halloween special called "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom," Nickelodeon announced at Comic-Con today.
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Tampon legend has it that, after hearing from a female friend that she inserted a sea sponge during her time of the month, Haas got it in his head that compressed cotton could serve the same purpose.
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Wrap your head around that: A kid's cartoon about a talking sea sponge and his underwater pals has given rise to multiple internet memes that are so well-known, the franchise is turning the memes into toys, for profit.
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Although she went to Bolivia planning to stay for a year, she recently bought a house next to a tourist attraction called the Valley of the Moon—an expanse of sandstone and clay that resembles a colossal sea sponge.
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Scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, where we work, have discovered hundreds of new species, like Chondrocladia lyra, also known as the harp sponge, a species of carnivorous deep-sea sponge, which lives at depths of two miles.
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The first episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants," featuring the cheerful yellow sea sponge, who lived in an underwater pineapple, and his friends Mr. Krabs, Larry the Lobster, Patrick, and their Krusty Krab restaurant hangout, aired on U.S. television in May 1999.
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Lately, he's been coveting the work of Studio Formafantasma, a young Italian duo working in Amsterdam who make conceptual, historically redolent objects, often from found materials: bowls fashioned from a polymer of wood dust and animal blood; a tanned salmon-leather stool with a sea-sponge seat.
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This debate began because my idiot friend explained to me that this (genius) jealous girlfriend meme I made while I was inebriated "cant just be a choice between two things" and "Spongebob didnt CHOOSE to live under the sea anyways, he just DOES because hes a sea sponge" pic.twitter.
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Even now, its rugged beauty and rich history are the draws: After a day spent exploring hidden coves, including the sea sponge-encrusted grotto Sataria, whose turquoise waters are said to have been the love nest of Ulysses and Calypso, visitors gather at bars like Sesiventi, on the island's western end, for aperitivi as the sun sets over Neolithic burial domes.
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Theonellamide F is an antifungal isolate of a sea sponge.
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Agelas is a genus of sea sponge in the class Demospongiae.
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Amphidiscella is a genus of sea sponge in the family Euplectellidae.
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Plakevulin A is a bio-active metabolite of the sea sponge Plakortis.
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Thrombus is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Thrombidae.
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Carteriospongia foliascens is a species of sea sponge in the family Thorectidae.
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Neamphamide A is an HIV-inhibitory isolate of the sea sponge Neamphius huxleyi.
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Mirabamide A-D Mirabamides are sea sponge isolates that inhibit HIV-1 fusion.
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Ethmophyllum is an extinct genus of sea sponge known from the Cambrian period .
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Yucatania is a genus of sea sponge. It is monotypic, with the single species Yucatania sphaeroidocladus.
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The crumb-of-bread sponge (Hymeniacidon perlevis) is a species of sea sponge in the class Demospongiae.
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Tedania elegans is a species of sea sponge in the family Tedaniidae. It is found in Australia.
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Caulospongia elegans is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. It is found in Australia.
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Aaptos niger is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1981.
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Aaptos nuda is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1903.
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Aaptos pernucleata is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1870.
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Aaptos suberitoides is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1934.
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Aaptos rosacea is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1994.
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Aaptos robustus is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 2008.
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Aaptos tentum is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1994.
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Aaptos vannamei is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1935.
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Aaptos ciliata is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1925.
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Aaptos durissima is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1882.
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Aaptos globosa is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1994.
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Aaptos horrida is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1886.
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Aaptos duchassaingi is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1889.
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Aaptos laxosuberites is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1902.
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Halichondrites, sometimes mis-spelt Halicondrites is an extinct genus of sea sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.
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Polydiscamide B, and related compounds, are sea sponge isolates and human sensory neuron-specific G protein coupled receptor agonists.
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Geodia conchilega is a species of sea sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the Adriatic Sea.
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Ascaltis reticulum is a species of sea sponge the family Leucascidae. Like all sponges, it is a filter-feeder.
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Aaptos alphiensis is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 2005 by Samaai & Gibbons.
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Aaptos bergmanni is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 1950 by de Laubenfels.
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Aaptos kanuux is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. It is named after the Unangan/Aleutian word for heart.
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Clathria rosita is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south west Southern Ocean.
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Calyx shackletoni is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south-western Southern Ocean.
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Ernstia cordata is a species of sea sponge in the family Clathrinidae found in South Africa. The name means "heart-shaped" in Latin.
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Tethya rubra is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Tethyidae. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil.
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Geodia apiarium is a species of sea sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
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Monorhaphis is also the only genus in the monotypic family Monorhaphididae. One study provides substantial evidence that an individual of this deep-sea sponge, that forms giant spicules up to 3 meters long, is about 11,000 years old.Jochum KP, Wang X, Vennemann TW, Sinha B, Müller WEG. Silieous deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni: A potential paleoclimate archive in ancient animals. Chem Geol. 2010;300–301:143–151.
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Mr. Zelnick is Aldo and Timothy's dad. He passed on his "sea-sponge hair gene" to Aldo. He likes to cook and bake. which Aldo loves.
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Phoriospongin A and B Phoriospongin A and B are Australian sea sponge isolates with nematocidal activity. They are depsipeptides and were obtained from Phoriospongia species and Callyspongia bilamellata.
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Wapkia is an extinct genus of sea sponge with radial sclerites, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It was first described in 1920 by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
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Aaptos conferta is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae and is found in New Zealand. The species was described in 1994 by Kelly-Borges & Bergquist.
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Hymenistatin is a cyclic peptide isolated from the sea sponge Phakellia fusca. It is a cyclic octapeptide whose sequence is cyclo[Ile-Ile-Pro-Pro-Tyr-Val- Pro-Leu].
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Mineralized tissues: sea sponge, sea shells, conch, dentin, radiolarian, antler, bone Mineralized tissues are biological tissues that incorporate minerals into soft matrices. Typically these tissues form a protective shield or structural support. Bone, mollusc shells, deep sea sponge Euplectella species, radiolarians, diatoms, antler bone, tendon, cartilage, tooth enamel and dentin are some examples of mineralized tissues. These tissues have been finely tuned to enhance their mechanical capabilities over millions of years of evolution.
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Hamptonia is an extinct genus of sea sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and the Lower Ordovician Fezouata formation. It was first described in 1920 by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
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Amphidiscella lecus is a species of sea sponge first found at the bottom of shelf, canyon and seamounts of the west coast of Washington, British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska.
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Oopsacas olympica is a species of sea sponge first found at the bottom of shelf, canyon and seamounts of the west coast of Washington, British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska.
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Farrea omniclavata is a species of sea sponge first found at the bottom of shelf, canyon and seamounts of the west coast of Washington, British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska.
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Farrea truncata is a species of sea sponge first found at the bottom of shelf, canyon and seamounts of the west coast of Washington, British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska.
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Chonelasma oreia is a species of sea sponge first found at the bottom of shelf, canyon and seamounts of the west coast of Washington, British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska.
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Ascaltis pelliculata is a species of sea sponge in the family Leucascidae, first described as Leucoselenia pelliculata by Arthur Dendy in 1891. it is found in the coastal waters of Victoria.
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The tradition of diving has in latter days given rise to scuba diving, free diving and spearfishing professionals from Krapanj. The Krapanj monastery museum permanently exhibits a show on sea sponge diving.
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Tylexocladus is a genus of deep-water sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. These are small rounded sponges with a bristly surface bearing one or more raised openings (known as "osculae").
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The cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus) is a species of sea sponge in the class Hexactinellida. It is a deep-water reef-forming animal. The species was first described by F.E. Schulze in 1886.
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Sea sponge from Krapanj Krapanj has a rich history in deep sea diving, primarily in the harvesting and selling of sea sponges. Antun from Crete introduced Krapanj's inhabitants to diving and sea sponge gathering/processing over 300 years ago. For many years, diving for sponges had been the major income for Krapanj families, earning them the title of "Spužvari" (sponge vendors). By the middle of the 20th century the industry peaked with the inception of breathing apparatus and motorised boats.
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Growing sponges is a simple process and requires little specialist knowledge. Furthermore, the ease of sponge aquaculture means that a whole family can be involved in the production process. This results in a profitable family business which conforms to traditional discourses of “family farms”, increasing the likelihood of sea sponge aquaculture adoption. In addition, it is common for sea sponge farms to be located close to family homes allowing for continual access, monitoring, modification and work to be completed on the farm.
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Sea sponge aquaculture also provides families with a continuous source of income year-round, which can be undertaken as a full-time commitment, or as a part-time job to supplement an existing income.
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Aaptos papillata is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. This species was first described in 1880. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Clathria elegans is a species of sea sponge in the family Microcionidae. It is found in the United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean. It was first described in 1880 by Gualtherus Carel Jacob Vosmaer.
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Presently, scleractinian corals without zooxanthelles form "meadows" and "patches" on the surface of Ita Mai Tai. The deep sea sponge Spongicoloides weijiaensis was discovered near Ita Mai Tai and named after an alternative name of the seamount.
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Sea sponge aquaculture is the process of farming sea sponges under controlled conditions. It has been conducted in the world's oceans for centuries using a number of aquaculture techniques. There are many factors such as light, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen and the accumulation of waste products that influence the growth rate of sponges. The benefits of sea sponge aquaculture are realised as a result of its ease of establishment, minimum infrastructure requirements and the potential to be used as a source of income for populations living in developing countries.
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When choosing a sea sponge aquaculture location, factors that promote growth and survival of the cultured sponge species must be considered. Sponges rely greatly on a passive flow of water to provide food, such as bacteria and microalgae, thus good water flow increases growth and quality of sponges. Higher than normal water flow rates could potentially damage farmed sponges. An ideal location for a sea sponge farm would be in an area that is sheltered, but which receives ample water flow and food availability to optimise sponge growth.
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Iophon cheliferum, also known as the white reticulated sponge, is a species of sea sponge which lives on the bottom of the ocean. It is a deep water species found in the south eastern Pacific Ocean and South Africa.
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The Voodoo Lady sends Guybrush in search of a legendary sea sponge to stem the epidemic, but this seemingly straightforward quest has surprises around every corner. Tales of Monkey Island also released on PlayStation Network as a bundle for US$20.00.
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Agelas clathrodes, also known as the orange elephant ear sponge, is a species of sea sponge. It lives on reefs in the Caribbean, usually more than below the surface of the ocean. It takes various forms, and its color is reddish orange.
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Homaxinella balfourensis is a species of sea sponge in the family Suberitidae. It is found in the seas around Antarctica and can grow in two forms, either branching out in one plane like a fan or forming an upright club-like structure.
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Simmons Hall has been nicknamed "The Sponge", because the architect consciously modeled the shape and internal structure on a sea sponge. The building has 350 student rooms, 5,538 2-foot square windows, and is constructed of 291 customized precast, steel-reinforced Perfcon panels.
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Discodermia dissoluta is a deep-water sea sponge found in the Eastern, Southern, and Southwestern Caribbean, and in the Greater Antilles. D. dissoluta is of interest to bio and organic chemists because it produces (+)-discodermolide, a polyketide natural product with immunosuppressive and cancer killing properties.
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Ascaltis grisea is a species of sea sponge in the family Leucascidae, first described as Leucosolenia grisea by Arthur Dendy in 1891. It is known only from its type locality on the Houtman Albrolhos archipeligo in Western Australia. It is a marine sessile filter-feeder.
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Aaptos glutinans is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. The species was described in 2011. It was found in the localities known as Fernando de Noronha and Atoll das Rocas (Piscina das Âncoras, Rocas Atoll) Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
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An unusual stone mace head lay to the right of the skeleton, made out of a rare flecked fossilized fossil stromatoporoid (sea sponge), originating in Devon. It had a wooden handle, from which bone zig-zag decorations survive, reminiscent of items from Greece and Spain.
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Callyspongia plicifera, the azure vase sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Callyspongiidae. It is native to the Bahamas where it is found at a depth of 31.5-44.2 m. It was first described in 1814 by Jean- Baptiste Lamarck.
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Although all commercially available DBU is produced synthetically, it can also be isolated from the sea sponge Niphates digitalis.Regalado, E.L. et al., Nat. Prod. Commun., 2010, 5, 1187- 1190 The biosynthesis of DBU has been proposed to begin with 1,6-hexanedial and 1,3-diaminopropane.
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Geodia is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Geodiidae. It is the type genus of its taxonomic family. This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.
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Calyx podatypa is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Phloeodictyidae. It is native to the Caribbean. The species was first described in 1934 by American spongiologist Max Walker de Laubenfels. It is commonly found in shallow reefs, among seagrass and on mangrove roots.
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Clathria stromnessa is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south west Southern Ocean.Goodwin, Claire, Paul E. Brewin, and Paul Brickle. "Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species." Zootaxa 3542 (2012): 1-48.
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Clathria matthewsi is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south west Southern Ocean.Goodwin, Claire, Paul E. Brewin, and Paul Brickle. "Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species." Zootaxa 3542 (2012): 1-48.
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Iophon husvikense is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south west Southern Ocean.Goodwin, Claire, Paul E. Brewin, and Paul Brickle. "Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species." Zootaxa 3542 (2012): 1-48.
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Tedania aurantiaca is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south west Southern Ocean.Goodwin, Claire, Paul E. Brewin, and Paul Brickle. "Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species." Zootaxa 3542 (2012): 1-48.
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Tedania wellsae is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south west Southern Ocean.Goodwin, Claire, Paul E. Brewin, and Paul Brickle. "Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species." Zootaxa 3542 (2012): 1-48.
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Microxina myxa is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south-western Southern Ocean.Goodwin, Claire, Paul E. Brewin, and Paul Brickle. "Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species." Zootaxa 3542 (2012): 1-48.
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Atergia villosa is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in rocky deep-sea habitats around the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. This is a round, yellow, velvety-soft sponge up to 3 cm across. It is usually found attached to a scallop shell.
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Terpios fugax is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. It is found on rocky shores on both sides of the North Atlantic. This species forms small, thin patches on rocks and would be inconspicuous if it weren't for its colour, a startlingly vivid blue.
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Exovasa is an extinct genus of sea sponge in the family Guadalupiidae, that existed during the Permian Period in what is now Texas, United States. It was named by Robert M. Finks in 2010, and the type species is Exovasa cystauletoides.The Sponge Family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian Robert M. Finks.
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Coeloptychium is an extinct genus of lychniscosidan hexasterophoran sea sponge which has often been used as an index fossil.R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W.
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Pirania is an extinct genus of sea sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and the Ordovician Fezouata formation. It is named after Mount St. Piran, a mountain situated in the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park, Alberta. It was first described in 1920 by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
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Early industry included pineapple and sea-sponge harvesting, but both industries have dwindled over the last century. A major impediment to the success of these industries was the lack of a natural harbour at Coopers Town. Prominent residents of Coopers Town have included the previous Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham.
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Spheciospongia vesparium, commonly known as the loggerhead sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Clionaidae. While it is highly toxic to many fish, this sponge is eaten by certain angelfish and is known to form part of the diet of the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata).
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Dragmacidon lunaecharta, also known as the red ball sponge or red boring sponge, is a species of sea sponge found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It feeds on plankton. These sponges do not attach themselves to rocks or the sea floor but drift in water currents. Its main predators are seaslugs.
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Many commercial sea sponge farms situate their aquaculture sites in deeper waters (>5 m), to maximise the number of sponge explants that can be grown and increase productivity. Two main methods of bath sponge aquaculture have been trialled with sponges either being grown on a rope or inside a mesh bag.
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Geodia barretti is a massive deep-sea sponge species found in the boreal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is fairly common on the coasts of Norway and Sweden. It is a dominant species in boreal sponge grounds. Supported by morphology and molecular data, this species is classified in the family Geodiidae.
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Aaptos aaptos is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. This particular species is known to contain adrenoreceptor-blocking compounds. While it is highly toxic to fish, it is known to be preyed upon by the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata. Aaptamine, an alkaloid isolated from Aaptos aaptosNakamura, H. et al.
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Caulospongia biflabellata, commonly known as the western staircase sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. It is a marine sponge of the temperate waters of Australia (Northwest Cape to Albany, WA).Edgar, Graham J. (2008). Australian Marine Life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Second ed.).
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The orange wall sponge (Trachycladus spinispirulifer) is a species of sea sponge belonging to the order Trachycladida.Samaai, T. and Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. Afr. Nat. Hist. 1(1):1-96 It is found in the south Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans.
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Pearl, Plankton, and Karen. Bottom row: Sandy, Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob, Squidward, Gary, Patrick, and Mrs. Puff. The series revolves around the title character and an ensemble cast of his aquatic friends. SpongeBob SquarePants is an energetic and optimistic sea sponge who lives in a submerged pineapple with his pet snail Gary, who meows like a cat.
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Polymastia fusca is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in shallow subtidal habitats in the far north of North Island, New Zealand. This firm-textured sponge grows up to 20 cm across, often encrusting its substrate. The outer layer is very dark brown, contrasting with a much paler yellow or orange interior.
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Polymastia rubens is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is only known from rocky subtidal habitats around Kawau Island off North Island, New Zealand. This is an encrusting sponge with a very firm texture, growing in patches up to 7 cm across. The outer layer is bright red with a brown interior.
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Polymastia aurantia is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in intertidal habitats including tide pools in the vicinity of Auckland, New Zealand. This is a thickly encrusting sponge with a soft, fleshy texture, growing in patches up to 18 cm across. The outer layer is bright orange with a yellowish-brown interior.
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Proteleia tapetum is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in shallow subtidal and intertidal habitats in the far north of North Island, New Zealand. This is an encrusting sponge growing in patches up to 60 cm across. The outer layer is bright yellow or orange with a darker interior.
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Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is a deep-ocean species found on muddy substrates at depths of over 3000 m in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. This is a brown, cushion-shaped sponge up to 4 cm across with a lateral fringe and a single papilla with a terminal opening.
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Acanthopolymastia bathamae is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is only known from the Papanui Submarine Canyon off Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. This is a small, cream-coloured hemispherical sponge up to 8 mm in diameter. Its texture is soft and velvety with a single central papilla up to 7 mm in height.
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Chondrilla nucula, sometimes called the Caribbean Chicken-liver sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Chondrillidae. It is an amorphous shaped sponge that grows in flat, sometimes bulbous sheets in benthic communities. It is sometimes found in marginal, stressful systems such as caves. Such sponges are white, lacking access to sunlight, and photosymbionts.
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Clathria prolifera, commonly known as red beard sponge, is a species of sea sponge in the family Microcionidae. It is native to shallow water habitats in the western Atlantic Ocean from Prince Edward Island southwards to Florida and Mexico, and possibly Brazil. In the twentieth century it also became established on the west coast of the United States.
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Palau'amine is a toxic alkaloid compound synthesized naturally by Stylotella agminata, a species of sea sponge found in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The name of the molecule derives from the island nation of Palau, near which the sponges are found. The substance was first isolated and described in 1993. Containing nine nitrogen atoms, the molecule is considered highly complex.
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Corticium diamantense is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about in the Caribbean Sea. This species has oscula situated near its border; regular non-lophose calthrops of one size, rare tetralophose calthrops and candelabra, the fourth actine of which is basally ramified into 4 or 5 microspined rays.
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Spongia officinalis, better known as a variety of bath sponge, is a commercially used sea sponge. Individuals grow in large lobes with small openings and are formed by a mesh of primary and secondary fibers. It is light grey to black in color. It is found throughout the Mediterranean Sea up to 100 meters deep on rocky or sandy surfaces.
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Polymastia lorum is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is only known from a single specimen found attached to a dead Glycimeris valve on a reef near Ohinau Island, one of the Mercury Islands off North Island, New Zealand. This is a small encrusting sponge 4 cm across. The outer layer is yellow with an orange-red interior.
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Photosynthetic endosymbionts inhabit many tropical sponges, and these require light to survive. Certain sponges as a result depend on light availability and intensity to achieve their nutritional needs. In some species however, light may lead to growth inhibition as they are sensitive to ultraviolet radiation. Other than when the sponge has associated photosynthetic bacteria, optimal sea sponge growth occurs in dark conditions.
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Arturia adusta is a species of sea sponge in the family Clathrinidae found in Australia. The species was first described as Clathrina adusta by Gert Wörheide & John Hooper in 1999, and was assigned to the genus, Arthuria, in 2016 by Oliver Voigt & Wörheide. However, the name Arthuria had already been used (for a mollusc) and hence the genus name was changed to Arturia.
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Rosemary Bank is a seamount approximately 120 kilometres west of Scotland, located in the Rockall Trough, in the northeast Atlantic. It was discovered in 1930 by the survey vessel HMS Rosemary, from which it takes its name. It is one of only three seamounts known in Scottish waters. Rosemary Bank hosts a range of important habitats including deep sea sponge aggregations and cold water coral.
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Latrines could be found in many places such as in baths, forts and the colosseum. The Romans wiped themselves after defecating with a sea sponge on a stick named tersorium. This might be shared by all of those using the latrine, or people would bring their own sponge. To clean the sponge, they washed it in a bucket with water and salt or vinegar.
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Ianthella basta, commonly known as elephant ear sponge, is a species of fan- shaped sea sponge in the class Demospongiae. It is also known as the paper sponge or scroll sponge.Saltcorner Sponges are marine invertebrates with a jellylike mesohyl sandwiched between two layers of cells. They are filter feeders maintaining a flow of water through their structure which passes out through large openings called oscula.
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Acanthotetilla celebensis is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Tetillidae. It is only known from a single specimen collected at a depth of 14 m off Bunaken Island, north Sulawesi, Indonesia. This firm yellow sponge] is roughly hemispherical and around 12 cm across. Like other species of the genus Acanthotetilla, it is characterized by the presence of distinctive spiny spicules called "megacanthoxeas".
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Halichondria bowerbanki, commonly known as the yellow sun sponge, is a species of sea sponge in the family Halichondriidae. It is found on rocky surfaces in the shallow subtidal, with occasional intertidal specimens under overhanging rocks. The physical appearance and structure of the species is variable and it has tassel-like irregular branches. Colonies can be up to 25 centimeters high with branches reaching 12 centimeters high.
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Choiaella is an extinct genus of sea sponge ranging from the Chengjiang lagerstatten until the Lower Silurian. It is closely related to the genera Choia and Allantospongia, which the Chengjiang fauna species C. radiata coexisted sympatrically with. The species C. scotica is known from the Caradoc-aged fine sandstone of Wallace's Cast, Southern Uplands of Scotland. The Silurian species has not been formally named.
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Polymastia pepo is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is a common species of rocky subtidal and intertidal habitats in the far north of North Island, New Zealand. This is a large, often spherical sponge up to 40 cm in diameter. It is firm and bright orange and rather resembles a pumpkin (hence the specific name: "pepo" is Latin for "pumpkin").
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Polymastia hirsuta is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in various subtidal habitats in the far north of North Island, New Zealand. This is a usually circular sponge up to 7 cm in diameter. This rather distinctive species is generally brown and silt-covered but with prominent papillae appearing as bright yellow, silt-free lumps over the whole surface.
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Suberites domuncula is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Suberitidae. This species contains suberitine, a neurotoxin that can cause fatal hemolytic hemorrhaging in various animals. While it is highly toxic to fish, it is known to be preyed upon by the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata. There are currently two accepted subspecies of this taxon: Suberites domuncula domuncula and S. domuncula latus.
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Aplysina fistularis, commonly known as the yellow sponge or yellow tube sponge, is a species of sea sponge in the order Verongiida. Aplysina fistularis is a golden or orange-brown color with a conulose surface. The animal is abundant in the Caribbean, where it is commonly found in reefs of open water areas. This sponge was first described by the Prussian zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1766.
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A vessel moored up against a mussel long line Over 80 percent of New Zealand’s aquaculture exports - worth more than $NZ 200 million per annum - come from the Marlborough Sounds. Most of the marine farms are in Pelorus Sound. Most of the exports involve green-lipped mussels. A New Zealand sea sponge, Mycale hentscheli, which grows in Pelorus Sound, may hold the key to an anti-cancer drug.
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Polymastia umbraculum is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is only known from rocky subtidal habitats around Kawau Island off the North Island of New Zealand. This is a thickly encrusting sponge with a very firm texture, growing in loosely attached patches up to 7 cm across. The granular outer layer is brilliant yellow-orange with a rather darker interior carrying many symbiont foraminifera.
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As a result, Hillenburg decided to focus on a single main character: the "weirdest" sea creature he could think of. This led him to the sponge. The Intertidal Zones Bob the Sponge resembles an actual sea sponge, and at first, Hillenburg continued to use this design. In determining the new character's behavior, Hillenburg drew inspiration from innocent, childlike figures that he enjoyed, such as Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Jerry Lewis, and Pee-wee Herman.
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The French and Spanish briefly captured the island in 1706 during which time it became a pirate haven. Until a fungus outbreak killed them off, sea-sponge farming briefly flourished on the island during the 1930s. The United States built an anti-submarine base on South Caicos in 1944, along with the first airstrip in the archipelago. During the 1950s a Canadian businessman attempted to start a conch shell export business on the island.
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Fluorescent body paint will show up as bright and colourful under ultraviolet light. Modern water-based face and body paints are made according to stringent guidelines, meaning these are non-toxic, usually non-allergenic, and can easily be washed away. Temporary staining may develop after use, but it will fade after normal washing. These are either applied with hands, paint brush, and synthetic sponges or natural sea sponge, or alternatively with an airbrush.
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SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny) is a yellow anthropomorphic sea sponge who usually wears brown short pants, a white collared shirt, and a red tie. He lives in a pineapple house and is employed as a fry cook at a fast food restaurant called the Krusty Krab. He diligently attends Mrs. Puff's Boating School but has never passed; his lack of a driver's license is a running gag throughout the series.
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Barettin is a brominated alkaloid made of a dehydrogenated brominated derivative of tryptophan linked by two peptide bonds to an arginine residue, forming a 2,5-diketopiperazine nucleus. It is a cyclic dipeptide. Barettin is the major compound in the deep-sea sponge Geodia barretti. It was isolated for the first time in 1986 by Göran Lidgren, Lars Bohlin and Jan Bergman at Uppsala University, Sweden but the correct chemical structure was determined later in 2002.
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Plakortis dariae is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about in the Caribbean Sea. This species has diods of two different categories: it possesses large ones (measuring 67–112μm long) and small, rare, irregular, curved ones, which are often deformed with one of its ends being blunt (measuring 30–59μm long); triods are rare and regular (actines measuring 20–44μm long).
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Plakortis edwardsi is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about in the Caribbean Sea. This species has diods of a single category, with thick and S-shaped centres (measuring 110 to 128μm long); triods which are T-shaped (actines measuring 28–59μm long). It is the only species of this genus exhibiting small diods (measuring 22–31μm long).
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Plakortis myrae is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about in the Caribbean Sea. This species has diods of two categories: large ones which are abundant (measuring 83–119μm long), and rare small ones (measuring 67–71μm long) with S-shaped centres; triods which are Y- or T-shaped (measuring 18–5μm long), and possesses abundant microrhabds (measuring 5–12μm long).
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Plakina nathaliae is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about in the Caribbean Sea. It has a leaf-like flat body, which is loosely attached to the substrate and a perforated, unlobate surface; it contains two bacterial s and is characterized by two mesohylar cell types with inclusions. In March 2017, the species was reassigned to Plakina Schulze, 1880.
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Sparassis (also known as cauliflower mushroom) is a genus of parasitic and saprobic mushrooms characterised by their unique shape and appearance. This appearance can be described as similar to a sea sponge, a brain, or a head of cauliflower, from which it has been given its popular name. They are increasingly cultivated and being sold in Korea, Japan, United States and Australia. The generic name comes from the Greek sparassein meaning to tear.
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As a result, he decided to focus on one main character: the weirdest sea creature that he could think of. This led him to the sponge: "I wanted to do a show about a character that was an innocent, and so I focused on a sea sponge because it's a funny animal, a strange one." In 1994, Hillenburg began to further develop some characters from The Intertidal Zone, including Bob the Sponge. Bob the Sponge is the comic's "announcer".
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The machine, dubbed "Old Sparky", malfunctioned, causing six-inch flames to shoot out of Tafero's head. A member of the execution team had used a synthetic sponge rather than a sea sponge, which is necessary to provide greater conductivity and a quick death. In all, three jolts of electricity were required to execute Tafero, a process that took seven minutes. Prison inmates later claimed that Old Sparky was "fixed" and tampered with to make Tafero's execution more like torture.
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Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island & McMurdo Sound Adamussium colbecki, sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri, sea sponge Homaxinella balfourensis, brittlestar Ophionotus victoriae and sea spider Colossendeis Antarctic penguins, famous for their waddling walk on surface ice, transform themselves into graceful and powerful swimmers underwater. The emperor penguins' pursuit of squid, fish, and crustaceans leads them to dive as deep as . However, the emperor can go deeper. Scientists have found that the penguin can reach for short durations.
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Polymastia crocea is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in subtidal habitats below 6 m depth in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. This is a globular sponge up to 4 cm across or an encrusting sponge up to 7 cm across. This soft-textured sponge is very bright yellow outside and in with the surface covered in small papillae, some with pores, some without.
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Polymastia echinus is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is only known from shallow subtidal habitats off Goat Island in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. This is an encrusting sponge with an extraordinary appearance. The sponge is always largely covered in sand, grit and fragments of shells apart from smooth, cylindrical, peach- coloured papillae up to 15 mm in height which are always free of such material.
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Many of the limestone blocks were removed and some are used as patios on the east and north sides of the building. Others are located on a separate lot to the north of The Old Jail. Many of the limestone blocks contain easily seen Paleozoic marine fossils, including stomatoporoids (a kind of extinct sea sponge). The building was renovated in the 1970s, including a two-story addition on the north side and a one-story brick addition at the northwest corner.
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He went to Ebersdorf, near Lobenstein, Vogtland, Germany in 1853, studying botany and chemistry for a year. In 1855, he accompanied Robert MacAndrew on a dredging excursion from the Shetland Islands to Norway and beyond the Arctic Circle; he subsequently made other cruises, to Greenland and to the coast of Spain. These expeditions laid the foundations of an extensive knowledge of the distribution of marine life. James Scott Bowerbank named in 1858 a new species of deep-sea sponge after him: Geodia barretti.
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"Help Wanted" is the pilot episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. The episode follows the protagonist, an anthropomorphic young sea sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants, attempting to get a job at a local restaurant called the Krusty Krab. However, he is tasked to find a seemingly rare high-caliber spatula because the owner, Mr. Krabs, considers him unqualified for the position.
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He is also noted for his deep-sea sponge collection at the Natural History Museum, London which also has a charming Victorian photographic portrait of him from Japan with one of his giant sponges.An article in the June 1998 issue of National Geographic magazine outlined his collecting and reputation. As a yachtsman and founder of Yokohama Yacht Club, he was reputed to own its fastest yacht, the Golden Hind. He was unusual as an Englishman working in Japan as it opened to western influence and business interests, being buried in the foreigners' cemetery in Yokohama.
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Chondrocladia lyra, also known as the lyre sponge or harp sponge, is a species of carnivorous deep-sea sponge first discovered off the Californian coast living at depths of by Welton L. Lee, Henry M Reiswig, William C. Austin, and Lonny Lundsten from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). The species was listed among the Top 10 New Species 2013 discovered in 2012 as selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University out of more than 140 nominated species. The selection was publicised on 22 May 2013.
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Halichondria panicea, commonly known as the breadcrumb sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Halichondriidae. This is an abundant sponge of coastal areas of the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea ranging from the intertidal zone to a recorded depth of over 550 m. It is also found in the intertidal zone of the coast of the northern part of the North Island of New Zealand. It is very tolerant of a wide range of coastal habitats, including strong currents, high salinity and exposure to powerful wave action.
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9 including "Bob the Sponge", who was the co-host of the comic and resembled an actual sea sponge, as opposed to SpongeBob, who resembles a kitchen sponge. In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator, and began to envision the possible concept of a project involving anthropomorphic sea life. He then later started drawing several rough sketches. In 1992, Hillenburg began to attend the California Institute of the Arts to study animation, having been accepted into the institute by Jules Engel, who was impressed with Hillenburg's previous work.
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More than 8000 species of sea sponges live in oceanic and freshwater habitats. Sponge fishing historically has been an important and lucrative industry, with yearly catches from years 1913 to 1938 regularly exceeding 181 tonnes and generating over 1 million U.S. dollars. However, this demand for sea sponges has seen catch rates peak and in 2003 the demand for bath sponges was 2,127 tonnes, with global production from harvesting only meeting a quarter of that amount. Early aquaculture research into optimising techniques for sea sponge aquaculture used a number of farming methods.
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The first references of sponges used for hygiene dates from the Ancient Greece. Competitors of the Olympic Games bathed themselves with sea sponges soaked in olive oil or perfume before competing. In the book Odyssey by the Greek poet Homer, the god Hephaestus cleans his hands, face, and chest with a sea sponge, and the servants in the Odysseus palace also used sea sponges to clean the tables after the meals the suitors of Penelope had there. The Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato also mentioned sea sponges in both scientific and historic contexts in their works.
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As a result, the island has kept many of the old-world traditions that add a unique charm. The art of producing wine (vino), olive oil (maslinovo ulje), rakija and sea sponge (spužve) are traditions that date back to pre-history but are still extremely evident in modern-day Krapanj. Food is generally seafood, caught by local fisherman and distributed locally. Krapanj holds a host of cultural antiquities in the monastery including "The Last Supper" by the 16th-century Italian artist Francesco da Santa Croce and a Renaissance painting titled "The Black Madonna On The Throne".
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A replica xylospongium (sponge on a stick) Ancient Roman latrines in Ostia Antica The xylospongium or tersorium, also known as sponge on a stick, was a hygienic utensil used by ancient Romans to wipe their anus after defecating, consisting of a wooden stick (Greek: , xylon) with a sea sponge (Greek: , spongos) fixed at one end. The tersorium was shared by people using public latrines. To clean the sponge, they simply washed it in a bucket with water and salt or vinegar. This became a breeding ground for bacteria, causing the spread of disease in the latrine.
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The last two decades have seen a renewed interest in the potential for sponge aquaculture to contribute to supplying the growing global demand for bath sponges. Bath sponges are the most common use of aquacultured sea sponge today. Bath sponges can be defined as any sponge species possessing only spongin fibers – which are springy fibres made from collagen protein. Commercial uses for bath sponges range from cosmetic, bath, or industrial purposes, with the quality of the sponge based on analysing the quality of the sponge skeleton, with those possessing soft, durable and elastic fibres commanding the highest price.
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Since the 1960s, anthropomorphism has also been represented in various animated television shows such as Biker Mice From Mars (1993–1996) and SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1995). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, first aired in 1987, features four pizza-loving anthropomorphic turtles with a great knowledge of ninjutsu, led by their anthropomorphic rat sensei, Master Splinter. Nickelodeon's longest running animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present), revolves around SpongeBob, a yellow sea sponge, living in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom with his anthropomorphic marine life friends. Cartoon Network's animated series The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–2019) takes place about anthropomorphic animals and inanimate objects.
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Having acquired the components of the Cutlass of Kaflu, Guybrush races to the Rock of Gelato to save his wife from LeChuck; however, he fails to properly create the sword. When Guybrush stabs LeChuck, the flawed cutlass transforms LeChuck into a human, and infects Guybrush's hand with the "Pox of LeChuck", which gives the hand a mind of its own. An explosion on the ship hurls Guybrush into the ocean, and he later washes up on Flotsam Island. There, Guybrush encounters the Voodoo Lady, who explains that the pox will ravage the Caribbean, unless it is absorbed by a voodoo sea sponge called "La Esponja Grande" (The Big Sponge).
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He created a comic called The Intertidal Zone, which he used to teach his students. It featured anthropomorphic forms of sea life, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters—including "Bob the Sponge", the comic's co-host, who resembled an actual sea sponge, as opposed to his later SpongeBob SquarePants character, who resembles a kitchen sponge. He tried to get the comic published, but the publishers he approached turned him down. During this time, Hillenburg also started going to animation festivals such as the International Tournée of Animation and Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation where films made by students from the California Institute of the Arts (colloquially called CalArts) were shown.
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Stephen Hillenburg originally conceived early versions of the SpongeBob SquarePants characters in 1984, while he was teaching and studying marine biology at what is now the Orange County Marine Institute in Dana Point, California. During this period, Hillenburg became fascinated with animation, and wrote a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone starring various anthropomorphic forms of sea creatures, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters, including "Bob the Sponge", who was the co-host of the comic and resembled an actual sea sponge as opposed to SpongeBob. In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue his dream of becoming an animator. series bible Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Pearl, and Squidward were the first other characters Hillenburg created for the show.
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Questioned by the doctor, Bouyer said that he hadn't felt any discomfort and could stay underwater indefinitely. In 1920 to achieve greater depths, Fernez made the breathing tube 45 metres long and replaced the car tyre air pump with a more powerful pump operated by two men instead of one, This device is called the Fernez model 2. For shallow depths the diver could wear Fernez patented goggles, and for greater depths a rubber face mask with two lenses, one in front of each eye. Fernez received a visit from a Greek Trade Mission led by Mr. André Michalacopoulos, Minister of the Economy, to view the new Fernez model 2, and as a result an order was placed to supply sets of the equipment to Greece for use by sea sponge divers.
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Thus waste generating (fed organisms) such as fish and shrimp are coupled with extractive organisms such as abalone, sponges or sea urchins, as a mechanism of removing excess nutrient matter from the water column. Sea sponges have a distinct advantage as an extractive organism in an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system, as they have the potential of acting as a bioremediator to remove both pathogenic bacteria and organic matter. The sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis has exhibited an excellent ability to remove total organic carbon (TOC) from seawater under integrated aquaculture conditions, and could be a potentially useful bioremediation tool for aquaculture systems in regions where water pollution is high. Furthermore, the organic enrichment originating from fish farmed in the vicinity may stimulate sponge growth, resulting in more efficient sea sponge aquaculture.
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Olson read The Intertidal Zone, an educational book hosted by a sea sponge character, which Hillenburg had written and illustrated while working at the Ocean Institute to teach students about tide pools. Olson enthusiastically encouraged Hillenburg to create an underwater television series like the book. Hillenburg has stated that his idea for the SpongeBob series hatched during this conversation with Olson about The Intertidal Zone; in Hillenburg's words, Olson told him, "This is your show right here." Olson wrote, co-wrote or directed a number of off-beat stage plays in Los Angeles, including "The Head", "The Idiots", "I Never Knew My Father", "1958", "Torn", "The Ron Lynch Show", "The Bob Rubin Experience" and "Cold Black Heart" at various theaters, including the Comedy Central Stage, the HBO Theater and the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood.
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Stephen Hillenburg, shown here in 2011, created SpongeBob SquarePants, which premiered on May 1, 1999. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator, Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series is set in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom, and centers on the adventures and endeavors of SpongeBob SquarePants, an over-optimistic sea sponge that annoys other characters. Many of the ideas for the show originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in the mid-1980s. He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, another Nickelodeon television series that Hillenburg previously directed. Since its debut on May 1, 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has broadcast episodes, and its twelfth season premiered on November 11, 2018.
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The subsequent years also had numerous successful animated feature film franchises that featured funny characters like DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda series, Walt Disney Animation Studios' Zootopia and Illumination Entertainment's Sing. Artists have created increasingly more unusual examples of funny animals in this era, such as SpongeBob SquarePants from the Nickelodeon's TV series of the same name, who is unusual as he is a sea sponge, an animal that is seldom anthropomorphized; and the fish characters from Disney's Fish Hooks, who live similar lives to those of humans, even though they are shown to live in an aquarium in a pet store. Netflix's BoJack Horseman features adult themes played out by a mixture of animals and humans who rarely mention their differences, and when the differences are mentioned it is sometimes taken as a racial slight. Phineas and Ferb has Perry the Platypus, a secret agent who pretends to be a pet around his human family.
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