Spongillidae

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Spongillidae [spən′jil·ə‚dē]

(invertebrate zoology)

A family of fresh- and brackish water sponges in the order Haplosclerida which are chiefly gray, brown, or white in color, and encrusting, massive, or branching in form.

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