Belinda is a tennis-ball sized sea sponge of the species Suberites concinnus who lives on the sea floor, about 23 metres below the surface of the water, off the coast of Vancouver Island.

A sea sponge observed off the coast of Vancouver Island for more than four years was found to both hibernate and “sneeze” in behaviours thought to expel waste and adapt to a changing ocean ...

“Sponges may sneeze in a way analogous to human sneezing,” the researchers said. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

Twenty-three metres below the surface of Barkley Sound, a sea sponge named Belinda is telling researchers about changing ocean conditions. "Honestly, it was very opportunistic," Dominica Harrison ...

Time-lapse footage of the Indo-Pacific sponge Chelonaplysilla sp. sneezing. Current Biology/Kornder et al 2022-08-10T15:00:39Z ...

However, when they began to study this process of self-cleaning and waste removal in a tube sponge named Aplysina archeri, they found something unexpected. “Sneezing,” the researchers wrote.

In fact, sneezing doesn’t even require a nervous system, let alone a nose, and dates back to some of the first multicellular animals: sponges. The sponge has been around for at least 600 million ...

A species of Chelonaplysilla sea sponge ejects mucus. Kornder et al. via Current Biology. Despite lacking nerves, muscles or even brains, sea sponges have the ability to expel clumps of mucus from ...

Sneezing isn't just for landlubbers. Researchers have determined that sea sponges, multicellular organisms that live on the ocean floor, "sneeze" mucus to clear waste from their feeding systems.

What a sneezing sea sponge named Belinda can tell us about B.C.’s oceans By Kylie Stanton & Amy Judd Global News Posted January 7, 2025 9:53 pm ...

However, when they began to study this process of self-cleaning and waste removal in a tube sponge named Aplysina archeri, they found something unexpected. “Sneezing,” the researchers wrote.