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Hydrodynamics of sponge pumps and evolution of the sponge body plan
Sponges are suspension feeders that filter vast amounts of water. Pumping is carried out by flagellated chambers that are connected to an inhalant and exhalant canal system. In ‘leucon’ sponges with relatively high-pressure resistance due to a complex and narrow canal system, pumping and filtering a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7755389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33252039 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61012 |