{"id":78653,"date":"2025-12-19T14:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=78653"},"modified":"2025-12-20T13:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:00:41","slug":"freshwater-sponge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/freshwater-sponge\/","title":{"rendered":"Freshwater Sponge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Freshwater Sponge Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists from Bose Institute studied freshwater sponges from the Sundarban delta and identified their potential to act as bioindicators of toxic metal pollution.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Freshwater Sponge<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freshwater sponges are the <\/span><b>earliest multicellular eukaryotes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They filter large volumes of water and are <\/span><b>vital for ecosystem health.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They grow on <\/span><b>sturdy submerged objects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in clean streams, lakes, and rivers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sponges are <\/span><b>filter feeders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They obtain food from the flow of water through their bodies and from symbiotic algae.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Many freshwater <\/span><b>sponges appear green<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because they contain algae, which live on sponges in a <\/span><b>symbiotic relationship.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u00a0Reproduction: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can <\/span><b>reproduce sexually, or asexually<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a small piece is broken<\/span><b> off and grows into new sponges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sponge <\/span><b>forms gemmules\u2014<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tiny reproductive spheres that can overwinter and later hatch and form new sponges.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ecological Role:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They act both as <\/span><b>bioindicators and absorbents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of toxic metals like arsenic, lead, and cadmium and can be a promising solution for bioremediation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are effective bio indicators for monitoring water quality and pollution levels in estuarine and freshwater ecosystems.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2205951&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freshwater Sponge are the earliest multicellular eukaryotes. 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