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A loofah or luffa is the fibrous skeleton of the cylindrical fruit of the dishcloth gourd (Luffa cylindrica). It is used as a bath sponge.
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Bedeguar or Bedegar is a spongy excrescence or gall, sometimes termed sweet-brier sponge, found on various species of roses, and produced by several insects as receptacles for their eggs, especially by the Cynips rosae. It was once thought to be a diuretic and vermifuge.
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The Breadcrumb sponge is a British coastal sponge which forms an encrusting mass.
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Calcarea are a class of sponges with a spicular skeleton made of calcium carbonate. The common British purse sponge is an example.
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Cliona is a boring sponge, important in that it brings about the rapid disintegration of shells, especially oyster-shells.
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The euspongia, or bath sponge, is a member of the demospongia class.
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Hexactinellida is a class of sponge with a skeleton built of six-rayed spicules made of silica.
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Neptune's Cup (Poterion) is a Pacific Ocean sponge which grows to over one metre tall.
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Sponges (Porifera) are a group of simple animals. They possess a porous ' spongy' texture and no definite external organs or form. They vary in shape and hardness. The sponge body consists of a mass of cells of various kinds forming a delicate tissue, and this is supported on a skeleton of minute rods, or spicules, of calcite, silica or of a horny organic substance.
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The Zimocca (Euspongia zimocca) is a flat sponge of fine quality found in the Adriatic, about the Greek islands, and off the coast of Barbary.
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