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  1. Ancient sea sponges at centre of controversial claim world has …

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    Sea sponges, also known as Porifera, are fascinating aquatic creatures that belong to the phylum Porifera. These simple, multicellular organisms are some of the oldest and most primitive animals on Earth, dating back hundreds of millions of years.
    Marine sponges are animals of many shapes, colours and sizes found in every ocean, where they serve as food and provide shelter to many other organisms. They spend their lives attached to the seafloor, where they feed by filtering thousands of litres of seawater every day, capturing, and later digesting, microscopic food.
    They are usually classified along with other sponges in the phylum Porifera, but some researchers consider them sufficiently distinct to deserve their own phylum, Symplasma. Some experts believe glass sponges are the longest-lived animals on earth; these scientists tentatively estimate a maximum age of up to 15,000 years.
    Sea sponges boast an astounding level of diversity. There are over 9,000 known species, and scientists continue to discover new ones. They inhabit a wide range of marine environments, from shallow coastal waters to the depths of the ocean. Some species anchor themselves to the seabed, while others drift freely.
  4. Ocean Sponge Skeletons Suggest a More Significant History of …

  5. Sea Sponges: A Brief History - Seaspongebelow.com

  6. Bad break-up in warm waters: why marine sponges …

    WebPublished: June 13, 2023 8:00pm EDT. X (Twitter) Marine sponges have started dying in vast numbers in coastal areas around the globe. Just this year, thousands of sponges turned white and died...

  7. Eight new deep-sea species of marine sponges discovered

  8. The Role of Sea Sponges in Marine Ecosystems – Oceanic Nomad