Amphipods inside a sponge. Amphipods are small aquatic crustaceans, which form part of the zooplankton. Sponges are simple multicellular animals, most

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Amphipods inside a sponge. Amphipods are small aquatic crustaceans, which form part of the zooplankton. Sponges are simple multicellular animals, most species of which are marine. The internal skeleton (endoskeleton) of a sponge is formed from structures called spicules. Photographed in the western Pacific Ocean, in the Sea of Okhotsk.

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