"barrel sponge" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 29",
          "text": "In making use of something as simple as a difference in water speed, barrel sponges are exploiting energy from currents and tides that ultimately derive from the gravitational pull exerted by the Moon and Sun.",
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        "A sponge of the genus Xestospongia, especially Xestospongia testudinaria."
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