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T. hoshinota covering an abandoned fishing line. a) Pointed tips of spicules protruding from the sponge tissue (before bleaching treatment). b) Spicules showing a brush-like structure all over the surface of the calcareous alga covering the fishing line (after bleaching/digesting treatment).
