A gelatinous, semifluid substance coated the fibrous tissue of these sponges, and from this tissue there escaped a steady trickle of water that, after carrying sustenance to each cell, was being expelled by a contracting movement.
De su tejido fibroso, impregnado de una sustancia gelatinosa semifluida, manaban incesantemente chorritos de agua que, tras haber llevado la vida a cada célula, eran expulsados por un movimiento contráctd.