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Natural sponge

Natural sponge

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Credit: ANGEL FITOR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Natural sponge. Close-up of channels inside the body of a Spirastrella cunctatrix sponge. These channels converge at a main pore which drives water outside the sponge after food particles have been filtered from the water. Photographed in Alicante, Spain.

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Keywords: alicante, anatomical, anatomy, animal, aperture, aquatic, biological, biology, channel, channels, close-up, detail, europe, european, filter-feeder, filtering system, hole, hols, invertebrate, invertebrates, marine biology, mediterranean sea, natural sponge, oscule, pore, porifera, poriferan, poriferans, primitive, spain, spanish, spirastrella cunctatrix, under-water, underwater, zoological, zoology

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