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bath sponge

Scientific name: Spongia (Spongia) officinalis

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0609

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Spongia officinalis may exceed 35 centimetres in diameter.

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Its colour varies from yellowish white to black depending on the intensity of light, and its interior is whitish with a rust colour.

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2Spongia officinalis — SeaLifeBase species summarySRC-DSC-90DB1D96A7

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Spongia officinalis showed a very high capacity to filter microplastic particles between 1 and 5 micrometres in size.

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1Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759 — WoRMS taxon detailsSRC-DSC-FF1ED4D398
2Spongia officinalis — SeaLifeBase species summarySRC-DSC-90DB1D96A7
3Microplastic filtering and its physiological effects on the Mediterranean bath sponge Spongia officinalis — Mar Pollut Bull 2025 (Europe PMC)SRC-DSC-EA0DC838C4

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T212442786 · last approved 9 November 2026

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3Microplastic filtering and its physiological effects on the Mediterranean bath sponge Spongia officinalis — Mar Pollut Bull 2025 (Europe PMC)SRC-DSC-EA0DC838C4

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