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Freshwater Sponge Rediscovered in Yucatan Cenotes After Nearly 90 Years
A freshwater sponge species has been rediscovered in the cenotes of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, nearly nine decades after its last recorded sighting. The find offers researchers a rare chance to study a species long presumed lost and highlights the ecological importance of the region's flooded cave systems, which host unique and fragile life found almost nowhere else.
Why now: Rediscoveries of species unseen for decades are rare and draw wide scientific and public interest.
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- Freshwater Sponge Rediscovered in Yucatan Cenotes After Nearly 90 Years · Bioengineer.org
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