spongology

English

Noun

spongology (uncountable)

1. (zoology) The study of sponges.
   • 2016, Ramjee Pallela, Marine Sponges: Chemicobiological and Biomedical Applications:

     Spongology, the study of all aspects of the sponge biology, ecology, taxonomy, and chemistry of sponges, has full fledged into a discipline attracting a progressively increasing population of hundreds of scientists worldwide, numerous of whom devote a lifetime career to the study of this group.