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See also:

• Science: Earth Sciences: Paleontology: Invertebrates: Sponges  (2)

• Halichondria bowerbanki - Photograph of this sponge and information including its identification, range and introduction into the US.
• Hermit Crab Sponges - An article by Floyd Sandford about the sponges that are carried around by hermit crabs.
• Introduction to Porifera - A good start on the biology of sponges, including phylogeny, life history, and ecology.
• Khoyatan Sponge Page - Sponges of The Northeast Pacific - Photographs of four Classes of sponges in the Khoyatan Marine Laboratory.
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: Sponges - Species list from the USGS on the nonindigenous sponges found in US waters, with factsheets and collection details.
• Phylum Porifera (Sponges) - Description of the sponges and their taxonomy, from the Animal Diversity Web.
• Porifera - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the sponges, including Leucosolenia, Sycon, Spongilla, Cliona and Euplectella, in detail.
• Porifera Biology on the WWW - A central clearinghouse for sponge researchers, including a porifera listserver bulletin board and who's who in sponge research.
• Porifera List - Links to a number of sponge-related sites.
• Sponge City - Article by William Amos on sponges and their general biology, and the pistol shrimp and other creatures that live inside their chambers.
• The Sponges of British Columbia - Descriptions of sponges by Curt Smecher.
• Sponges of Northern California Fouling Communities - Gallery of photographs of a number of species.
• Underwater Field Guide to Sponges of Ross Island and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica - Beautiful annotated photographs of sponges (Porifera) of Antarctica.