Leuconia+nivea


 * Phyla:** Porifera


 * Class:** Calcarea


 * Common Name:** No common name


 * Scientific Name:** //Leuconia nivea//
 * Size:** Can grow to any size imaginable, if the conditions are right, but will usually grow to a moderate size.


 * Habitat:** Can be found at depths of 0 to 33.3 meters in the waters surrounding Western Europe.


 * Living Requirements:** Need to be in waters that have enough nutrients so that they can filter-feed the nutrients into themselves.


 * Life Cycle:** Start out in life as eggs that develop into free-swimming larvae, which once they are old enough will attach to rocks on the ocean floor and become sponges.


 * Differences between Males and Females:** There are no differences since, like other sponges, it reproduces asexually and spreads eggs which go through the normal life cycle of a sponge.

- Like other sponges, the Leuconia nivea is not related to the household sponge. - The household sponge is actually not a real sponge, since it is manmade. - Like other sponges, the Leuconia nivea goes through being able to move from birth to when its a juvenile then once it's an adult it looses the ability to move.
 * Interesting Facts:**


 * Human Impact on the Organism:** Due to humans, if the water of the areas that they live in are heated up, it causes an effect known as bleaching, which turns the sponges white and actually kills them.

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