Face it, we ALL need to know MOAR about the HORNY SPONGES! #spongeThursday!
January 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Face it, we ALL need to know MOAR about the HORNY SPONGES! #spongeThursday!
OH WOW! A whole web page DEVOTED to SPONGE SPICULE Imagery ! #porifera #spongeThursday www.spicules.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
OH WOW! A whole web page DEVOTED to SPONGE SPICULE Imagery ! #porifera #spongeThursday www.spicules.org
Researchers use a deep-sea glass sponge known as Venus’ flower basket as the inspiration for a new approach to in situ capture of spilled oil. 🧪⚛️
physicsworld.com/a/filter-ins...
physicsworld.com/a/filter-ins...
Filter inspired by deep-sea sponge cleans up oil spills – Physics World
Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong turbulent flow
physicsworld.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Who loves a barrel sponge in cross section?
February 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#SpongeThursday Ventriculitid sponge from the Cretaceous Chalk of England showing disruption of the net-like structure resulting from radial regrowth into a puncture.
March 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
#SpongeThursday Ventriculitid sponge from the Cretaceous Chalk of England showing disruption of the net-like structure resulting from radial regrowth into a puncture.
August 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I subscribe to @drjengunter.bsky.social’s newsletter, the Vajenda, because she answers questions.
As a marine biologist, I was able to answer this question myself.
The answer is FUCK NO. WHAT THE FUCK. OH MY FUCKING GOD. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE.
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As a marine biologist, I was able to answer this question myself.
The answer is FUCK NO. WHAT THE FUCK. OH MY FUCKING GOD. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE.
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Are Sea Sponges Safe to Use as Natural Tampons?
Ask Dr. Jen
vajenda.substack.com
March 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Starting off here on #BlueSky with an SEM image of an anisochelae spicule from the #deepsea sponge Mycale (Mycale) loveni 🧽 It’s my first time identifying spicules using electron #microscopy and I’m absolutely amazed by the beauty, delicacy & diversity of these tiny structures! #porifera #marinelife
February 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
April 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
MORE glass sponge shaped like a mushroom, 3500ish m #okeanos Cook Islands, Pepe seamount #spongeThursday
August 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
MORE glass sponge shaped like a mushroom, 3500ish m #okeanos Cook Islands, Pepe seamount #spongeThursday
The deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni has silica spicules taller than you. It sits in silence. But it's been building that resistance structure for 11,000 years. Protest is patience. #ProtestIsPower
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Heterochone calyx is one of the largest sponges on the Pacific coast. These spectacular sponges support bustling communities of life. Like coral reefs in tropical waters or the old-growth forests on land, countless critters make their home in sponge gardens.
Learn more: youtu.be/IAXnMcTyL0M?...
Learn more: youtu.be/IAXnMcTyL0M?...
Fingered goblet sponges support bustling communities of life in the deep sea
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
youtu.be
April 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
These pipe organ-like sponges are home to these weird looking brittle stars.
November 14, 2024 at 4:07 AM
Now these are the zooms I love to see! Cladorhizid with a wee ophiuroid clinging on from #schmidtoceaninstitute dive 812 #MarDelPlataCanyon #MarineLife
August 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Starting off here on #BlueSky with an SEM image of an anisochelae spicule from the #deepsea sponge Mycale (Mycale) loveni 🧽 It’s my first time identifying spicules using electron #microscopy and I’m absolutely amazed by the beauty, delicacy & diversity of these tiny structures! #porifera #marinelife
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#SPONGETHURSDAY and spongologists!
Another sponge from the university collection. This one is really weird! (If anyone knows has tips for ID, let me know! It wasn't labeled)
#MarineLife #Nature
#MarineLife #Nature
February 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
#SPONGETHURSDAY and spongologists!
Beauty shots of this euplectellid glass sponge, 1811 m Murray Fracture Zone North Pacific #Okeanos #saveNOAA #spongethursday
April 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Beauty shots of this euplectellid glass sponge, 1811 m Murray Fracture Zone North Pacific #Okeanos #saveNOAA #spongethursday
A glass sponge at 5207 m! #okeanos East Muliāva Abyssal Plain #spongethursday
September 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
A glass sponge at 5207 m! #okeanos East Muliāva Abyssal Plain #spongethursday
The Aquatic Symbiosis Genome (ASG) Project has now published the first chromosomal-level, whole nuclear genome of the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta, and its accompanying microbial cohort. wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Unusual stalked sponge! about 2430 m Rose Atoll, American Samoa, #Okeanos #spongeThursday
August 26, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Unusual stalked sponge! about 2430 m Rose Atoll, American Samoa, #Okeanos #spongeThursday
oh WOW! SPONGE plus SCALLOP combo! from New Caledonia #molluscmonday #spongethursday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Scallops (Family Pectinidae)
Scallops from Anse Vata, Nouméa 98800, Nouvelle-Calédonie on September 14, 2022 at 03:34 PM by Johan Bas
www.inaturalist.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
oh WOW! SPONGE plus SCALLOP combo! from New Caledonia #molluscmonday #spongethursday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
A curiousity! Glass sponge with a black coral inundated within it! 981 m #okeanos #saveNOAA #spongethursday
April 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A curiousity! Glass sponge with a black coral inundated within it! 981 m #okeanos #saveNOAA #spongethursday
A lovely decorative glass sponge with interesting bits! at 3807 m East Muliava seamount American Samoa, #okeanos
#spongethursday
#spongethursday
September 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
A lovely decorative glass sponge with interesting bits! at 3807 m East Muliava seamount American Samoa, #okeanos
#spongethursday
#spongethursday