Sponge (IMAGE)

Frontiers

Sponge

Caption

Specimen of the chicken kidney sponge Chondrosia reniformis transplanted into the harbor attached to an experimental plate used as the substratum. Note how the sponge is migrating beyond the edge of the plate, leaving behind part of its body. Once the narrow bridge of tissue connecting the two body parts breaks, the detached portion will develop into a clonal descendant.

Credit

Carlota Escarré

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License

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