Researchers document new species of carnivorous sponge (w/ Video)
Monday, November 12, 2012 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—Researchers working with a team from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have confirmed that a species of sponge first spotted off the coast of California in 2000 by a team of geologists, is indeed new. They describe their work in studying the sponge – Chondrocladia lyra – in their paper published in the journal Invertebrate Biology.