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What Exactly is: Glass Sponge | The Witnesses of Earth Recent History

Glass sponges might look simple, but they are actually quite unique. Their soft tissue’s structure is unique among living animals. Some of them are believed to be the oldest living animal, or maybe even the oldest living macro-eukaryotes. Yes, some of them are even older than those giant trees that you might have seen from articles. 0:00 Opening Thought 0:47 General Information 1:11 Characteristics 2:04 Spicules 3:45 Syncytial Tissue 4:33 Sponge Reef 5:08 Reproduction and Life Cycle 5:44 Fossil Records 6:46 The Witnesses of Earth Recent History References Leys, S.P., Mackie, G.O., & Reiswig, H.M. (2007). The Biology of Glass Sponges. Advances in Marine Biology, 52, 1-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2881(06... Wang, X., Gan, L., Jochum, K.P., Schröder, H.C., & Müller, W.E.G. (2011). The Largest Bio-Silica Structure on Earth: The Giant Basal Spicule from the Deep-Sea Glass Sponge Monorhaphis chuni. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 540987. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/540987 Van Soest, R.W.M., Boury-Esnault, N., Vacelet, J. et al. (2012). Global Diversity of Sponges (Porifera). PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.... AnAge: The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database. Scolymastra joubini. https://genomics.senescence.info/spec.... Jochum, K.P., Wang, X., Vennemann, T.W., Sinha, B., & Müller, W.E.G. (2012). Siliceous deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni: A potential paleoclimate archive in ancient animals. Chemical Geology, 300-301, 143-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.201... Outro Bubbles Drifting in the Morning Breeze - Artificial.Music & Akosmo    • Bubbles Drifting in the Morning Breeze - A...