Tagged: carnivorous sponge

Sunday Spinelessness – In the news - The Atavism

David Winter • Aug 08, 2010 •

• carnivorous sponge,
• crustacean,
• genomics,
• molluscs,
• porifera,
• salp,
• sci-blogs,
• squid,
• sunday spinelessness

Spineless creatures have been all over the news this week. We've had strange beasts appearing on beaches, wondrous finds from the deeps and (apparently) a new front on the war on cancer.Let's start here in New Zealand with a surprising find on a Wellin... Read More

Sunday Spinelessness – Attack of the Killer Sponge! - The Atavism

David Winter • May 23, 2010 •

• carnivorous sponge,
• citizen science,
• might interest someone,
• porifera,
• sci-blogs,
• sponge,
• sunday spinelessness,
• taxonomy

Chondrocladia turbiformis, a ruthless carnivore hauled from bottom of the sea off new New Zealand by NIWA scientists, has been named among the top ten new species described last year. This abyssal predator isn't a kraken, a plesiosaur that time forgo... Read More