spongocytes. Spongin gives a sponge its flexibility. True spongin is found only in members of the class Demospongiae. Researchers have found spongin to be useful...
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(skeletal-like fragments of calcium carbonate or silicon dioxide), and/or spongin (a modified type of collagen protein). An internal gelatinous matrix called...
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Their "skeletons" are made of spicules consisting of fibers of the protein spongin, the mineral silica, or both. Where spicules of silica are present, they...
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motile bacterium from the genus of Aquimarina which has been isolated from spongin. "Aquimarina". LPSN. "Aquimarina spongiicola". www.uniprot.org. Choi, KD;...
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the family Grantiidae. Species of the genus Grantia contain spicules and spongin fibers. The genus contains bioluminescent species. Grantia aculeata Urban...
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"skeleton" consists of microscopic calcareous or siliceous spicules or a spongin network. The Coleoidea do not have a true endoskeleton in the evolutionary...
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within the phylum Porifera. The "skeleton" in these sponges is made up of spongin, rather than of spicules. They live in marine environments. The name was...
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Kópavogur, Fjörður in Hafnarfjörður, Ásgarður in Garðabær, Ártún, Mjódd, Spöngin in Reykjavík and Háholt in Mosfellsbær. All of these main bus terminals...
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skeleton is minimal or absent and a skeleton of organic fibers containing spongin, a collagen-like material, is present instead. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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thought to be, at least in part, because their spicules are sturdier than spongin and fossilize better. Like almost all sponges, the hexactinellids draw...
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