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Phylum Porifera (Sponges)
Description of the sponges and their taxonomy, from the Animal Diversity Web.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/porifera.html
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Hermit Crab Sponges
An article by Floyd Sandford about the sponges that are carried around by hermit crabs.
http://www.public.coe.edu/departments/Biology/hermit.html
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Introduction to Porifera
A good start on the biology of sponges, including phylogeny, life history, and ecology.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/porifera/porifera.html
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Khoyatan Sponge Page - Sponges of The Northeast Pacific
Photographs of four Classes of sponges in the Khoyatan Marine Laboratory.
http://mareco.org/spongepage/index.htm
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The Sponges of British Columbia
Descriptions of sponges by Curt Smecher.
http://www.interchg.ubc.ca/csmecher/sponge.htm
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Sponge City
Article by William Amos on sponges and their general biology, and the pistol shrimp and other creatures that live inside their chambers.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug99/basponge.html
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Porifera Biology on the WWW
A central clearinghouse for sponge researchers, including a porifera listserver bulletin board and who's who in sponge research.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PORIFERA.html
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Porifera
Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the sponges, including Leucosolenia, Sycon, Spongilla, Cliona and Euplectella, in detail.
http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/porifera.html
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Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: Sponges
Species list from the USGS on the nonindigenous sponges found in US waters, with factsheets and collection details.
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpeciesList.asp?Group=Sponges
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Halichondria bowerbanki
Photograph of this sponge and information including its identification, range and introduction into the US.
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1217
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