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Elephant Ear Sponge (other)
Elephant ear sponge may refer to sponges: * ''Agelas clathrodes'', orange elephant ear sponge * '' Agelas flabelliformis'', elephant ear sponge * ''Ianthella basta'', elephant ear sponge * ''Stylissa carteri ''Stylissa carteri'', commonly known as elephant ear sponge, is a species of sponge found from the Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzu ...'', elephant ear sponge {{Disambiguation Animal common name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized cells that can transform into other types and that often migrate between the main cell layers and the mesohyl in the process. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems. Instead, most rely on maintaining a constant water flow through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and to remove wastes. Sponges were first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the last common ancestor of all animals, making them the sister group of all other animals. Etymology The term ''sponge'' derives from the Ancient Greek word ( 'sponge'). Overview Sponges are similar to other animals in that they are multicell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agelas Clathrodes
''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. Description The orange elephant ear sponge is very variable in form. It may be encrusting, developing a thickness up to thick or have large, flabby lobes or be fan-, tube- or ridge-shaped. Large specimens may combine several of these forms. The surfaces are perforated by small holes, both circular and irregularly elongate, especially on the side away from the current. The flesh is tough, firm and resilient and the thick surface skin is rough to the touch. The colour can vary from yellow, through orange to brick red or brown. This sponge can be confused with ''Agelas citrina'' but that species is usually pinkish or creamy yellow. Another similar species is '' Agelas sventres'' but that has round holes on the exposed side, each with a notic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agelas Flabelliformis
''Agelas flabelliformis'', also known as the elephant ear sponge, is a species of demosponge. It takes the form of a large leathery slender flap and is found in the Caribbean area at depths down to . Description The elephant ear sponge consists of a large thin flap of spongy material attached edgewise to the substrate by a short peduncle or stem about in diameter. It is usually less than thick but may reach a height and width of a metre (yard) or so. There is often a central lobe with two side flaps. The consistency is firm and leathery but also fragile. On one side it has many large, circular osculi (holes) scattered across the surface. On the other side are small pores and a few, widely dispersed, irregular osculi and some groups of smaller ones. Each vent is surrounded by a collar or rim of thickened skin. The tissue forming the sponge is strengthened by the incorporation of a single type of mineralised spicule. These spicules are classified as acanthostyles and consist of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ianthella Basta
''Ianthella basta'' is a species of fan-shaped sea sponge in the class Demospongiae. It is also known as the elephant ear sponge, paper sponge, or scroll sponge. A sponge measuring 1.7 m in height and 9.5 m circumference has been estimated to be about 8 years old. Distribution The elephant ear sponge is found in the Indo-Pacific region. It is found on coral reefs in areas with rapid water flows. Ianthella basta are introduced species they do not tend to invade other species territories and are noncompetitive. Ecology The sea cucumber (''Synaptula lamperti ''Synaptula lamperti'' is a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae in the phylum Echinodermata, found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. The echinoderms are marine invertebrates and include the sea urchins, starfish and sea cucu ...'') is closely associated with the sponge and makes use of certain nutrients exuded by it. Research is being undertaken on various metabolites and other biologically acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylissa Carteri
''Stylissa carteri'', commonly known as elephant ear sponge, is a species of sponge found from the Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ... to Australia. Its robust, usually free-standing, yellowish-orange body with many spicules grows up to in size. References Halichondrida Sponges described in 1889 Taxa named by Arthur Dendy {{Demosponge-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
