Sponge Pumping Seawater (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sponge Pumping Seawater

Caption

The active pumping of seawater by the sponge Mycale grandis can be seen in distinct jets of Fluorescein dye expelled by the sponge.

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Joy Leilei Shih

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