The nudibranch is on a brown sponge ( Petrosia ficiformis ), which is thought to be its primary food source. (scienceblogs.com)
Bacterial communities associated with the surfaces of several Mediterranean sponge species (Agelas oroides, Chondrosia reniformis, Petrosia ficiformis, Geodia sp. (kit.edu)
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Four new purine analogues (nigricines 1 - 4) have been isolated from the Indonesian marine sponge Petrosia nigricans. (elsevierpure.com)
The host sponge ( Petrosia ) where several posterior ends of one specimen of the worm Ramisyllis multicaudata can be seen as white lines crawling on the sponge's surface. (gizmodo.com)
Several anti-inflammatory metabolites have been isolated from sponges belonging to the class of the Demospongiae, including cavernolide from Fasciospongia cavernosa , contignasterol from Petrosia contignata and cyclolinteinone from Cacospongia linteiformis . (szn.it)
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Petrosia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Petrosiidae. (wikipedia.org)
Petrosia sponges have numerous, branching channels running through their bodies, each opening to the exterior by a pore (an osculum). (taxonomyaustralia.org.au)
Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba (new species of sponges from Cuba). (invemar.org.co)
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A nonadecanoic acid derivative, petrosianoic acid (122), was isolated from an unknown species of the genus Petrosia. (vuw.ac.nz)
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Petrosia is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Petrosiidae. (wikipedia.org)
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A model for biosilicification studies: primorphs from the marine sponge Petrosia Ficiformis and molecular cloning of silicatein gene. (unige.it)