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Image of Spongia Linnaeus 1759

Image of Spongia Linnaeus 1759

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Figure 28Spongia officinalis. a massive large living specimen (ca. 25 cm) showing a finely conulose surface with scattered small oscula b close up of the conulose surface covered by a thin uncellularized collagenous layer (SEM) c magnifications of an inhalant cribrose basal area (SEM) d conules at the spongin skeleton surface (SEM) e twisted surface of secondary fibres (SEM). b, c modified from Pronzato et al. (1998) d, e modified from Pronzato & Manconi (2008) b, d scale bars in mm.

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Renata Manconi, Barbara Cadeddu, Fabio Ledda, Roberto Pronzato
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Manconi R, Cadeddu B, Ledda F, Pronzato R (2013) An overview of the Mediterranean cave-dwelling horny sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) ZooKeys 281: 1–68
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