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   Sponge

   The analyses described above concluded that sponges are closest to the ancestors of all Metazoa, in other words of all multi-celled animals including both sponges and more complex groups. ... World Porifera database, the world list of extant sponges, includes a searchable database.
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   Sponge reef

   There are no known predators of healthy reef sponges. ... Deep ocean currents carry fine sediments that are captured by the scaffolding of sponge reefs.
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   English words with uncommon properties

   The list of words with four vowels in a row includes aqueous, nonaqueous, subaqueous, terraqueous, Hawaiian, obsequious, onomatopoeia, pharmacopoeia, queue, queuer, miaou, sequoia, gooier, gooiest, archaeoastronomy, maieutic, giaour, plateaued, plateauing, radioautograph, radioautographic, Voodooienne, Iroquoian, Rousseauesque, Pompeiian, reliquiae, guaiacum, guaiac, homoiousian, prosopopoeia, mythopoeia, Niuean, Siouan, zoeae, Essaouiran, amongst a few others, including Nabooian (of the planet Naboo of the "Star Wars" movie series). ... The word Iouea, a genus of sea sponges, contains all five regular vowels and no other letters.
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   Cnidaria

   A tough capsule, the cnida, which houses the thread, its payload and a mixture of chemicals which may include venom or adhesives or both. ("cnida" is derived from the Greek word κνίδη, which means "nettle") ... | | Glass sponges |
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   Animal

   In everyday colloquial usage, the word usually refers to non-human animals. ... Sponges are sessile and typically feed by drawing in water through pores.
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   Contraceptive sponge

   The manufacturer of the Today sponge reports effectiveness for prevention of pregnancy of 89% to 91% when used correctly and consistently. ... ↑ "Sponges".
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   Mangrove

   The word is used in at least three senses: (1) most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal , for which the terms mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, (2) to refer to all trees and large shrubs in the mangal, and (3) narrowly to refer to the mangrove family of plants, the Rhizophoraceae, or even more specifically just to mangrove trees of the genus Rhizophora. ... In areas where roots are permanently submerged, they may host a wide variety of organisms, including algae, barnacles, oysters, sponges, and bryozoans, which all require a hard substratum for anchoring while they filter feed.
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   Coral reef

   Fish that eats coral includes the parrotfish and butterflyfish. ... Those animals boring into the rock include sponges, bivalve molluscs, and sipunculans.
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   List of prehistoric sponges

   The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered to be sponges.
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    Hawksbill turtle

    While they are known to be omnivorous, the principal food of hawkbill turtles are sponges. ... As the taxonomic tribe Carettini is composed of carnivorous species (such as the loggerhead turtle), the hawksbill most probably evolved from them instead of the herbivorous Chelonini, which includes the green turtle.

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• Sponge,
• Sponge reef,
• English words with uncommon properties,
• Cnidaria,
• Animal,
• Contraceptive sponge,
• Mangrove,
• Coral reef,
• List of prehistoric sponges,
• Hawksbill turtle