#sponges — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sponges, aggregated by home.social.
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4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
For those who might be curious, you can still buy actual sponges (Porifera) for your sponging needs. I'm posting in part because I recently had a conversation with a person who argued that loofahs (gourds in the genus Luffa that can be dried) were actual sponges. Useless trivia for the party this weekend. #sponges #squashes #porifa #cucurbitaceae #hippospongia
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#Scientists find banded sand #catsharks hiding inside sea sponges https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scientists-banded-sand-catsharks-sea.html
#Sharks checking in to the #sponge hotel: first internal use of #sponges of the genus #Agelas and family #Irciniidae by banded sand catsharks #Atelomycterus fasciatus. By Helen O'Neill et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15554
"Some bony #fish use sponges as #microhabitats. However, this behavior had never been seen before in sharks or other #elasmobranchs, the group including sharks, #rays, #skates, #sawfish"
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#Scientists find banded sand #catsharks hiding inside sea sponges https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scientists-banded-sand-catsharks-sea.html
#Sharks checking in to the #sponge hotel: first internal use of #sponges of the genus #Agelas and family #Irciniidae by banded sand catsharks #Atelomycterus fasciatus. By Helen O'Neill et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15554
"Some bony #fish use sponges as #microhabitats. However, this behavior had never been seen before in sharks or other #elasmobranchs, the group including sharks, #rays, #skates, #sawfish"
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#Scientists find banded sand #catsharks hiding inside sea sponges https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scientists-banded-sand-catsharks-sea.html
#Sharks checking in to the #sponge hotel: first internal use of #sponges of the genus #Agelas and family #Irciniidae by banded sand catsharks #Atelomycterus fasciatus. By Helen O'Neill et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15554
"Some bony #fish use sponges as #microhabitats. However, this behavior had never been seen before in sharks or other #elasmobranchs, the group including sharks, #rays, #skates, #sawfish"
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#Scientists find banded sand #catsharks hiding inside sea sponges https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scientists-banded-sand-catsharks-sea.html
#Sharks checking in to the #sponge hotel: first internal use of #sponges of the genus #Agelas and family #Irciniidae by banded sand catsharks #Atelomycterus fasciatus. By Helen O'Neill et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15554
"Some bony #fish use sponges as #microhabitats. However, this behavior had never been seen before in sharks or other #elasmobranchs, the group including sharks, #rays, #skates, #sawfish"
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#Scientists find banded sand #catsharks hiding inside sea sponges https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scientists-banded-sand-catsharks-sea.html
#Sharks checking in to the #sponge hotel: first internal use of #sponges of the genus #Agelas and family #Irciniidae by banded sand catsharks #Atelomycterus fasciatus. By Helen O'Neill et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15554
"Some bony #fish use sponges as #microhabitats. However, this behavior had never been seen before in sharks or other #elasmobranchs, the group including sharks, #rays, #skates, #sawfish"