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noun [ countable ] / spʌndʒ/. a piece of thick light material that absorbs water easily, used for cleaning. esponja [ feminine, singular ] He washed the dishes with a sponge. Lavó los platos con una esponja. (Traducción de sponge de Diccionario GLOBAL Inglés–Español © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)
Sponges are very simple creatures with no tissues. All corals require saltwater to survive. While most sponges are found in the ocean, numerous species are also found in fresh water and estuaries. Regardless of these differences, sponges are important inhabitants of coral reef ecosystems.
sponge, Any of some 5,000 species (phylum Porifera) of permanently affixed (sessile), mostly marine, solitary or colonial invertebrates, found from shallow to deep (more than 30,000 ft, or 9,000 m) waters. Simple sponges are hollow cylinders with a large opening at the top through which water and wastes are expelled.
