- The
osculum (pl.: oscula) is an
excretory structure in the
living sponge, a
large opening to the
outside through which the
current of
water exits after...
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Osculum infame is a witch's
supposed ritual greeting upon
meeting with the Devil. The name
means the 'shameful kiss' or 'kiss of shame',
since it involved...
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usually appear as
groups of
curved vases, up to 2 cm long, each
ending in an
osculum. The
overall shape is
sometimes likened to a tiny
bunch of bananas. They...
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water deposits nutrients and then
leaves through a hole
called the
osculum. The single-celled
choanoflagellates resemble the
choanocyte cells of sponges...
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throughout their body for
digestion and a
larger dorsal pore (
osculum) for excretion, comb
jellies have both a
ventral mouth and
dorsal anal...
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substrate like rocks, logs and
sometimes to ground.
Using their ostia and
osculum these sponges filter the
water for
various small aquatic organisms such...
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millimetre to 5 mm (0.20 in). They are
hollow inside, and have many small,
osculum-like
holes connecting the
interior to the outside. The
material of the...
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particles out of the
water and into the spongocoel, and out
through the
osculum. This
improves both
respiratory and
digestive functions for the sponge...
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Randy Meinhard -
guitar Marco Foddis -
drums Kalle Trapp -
synthesizer on
Osculum Infame;
producer Malleus Maleficarum at
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