The 2017 SponGES cruise onboard the research vessel G.O. Sars just successfully concluded. For three weeks, an international and well mixed team of SponGES researchers has worked 24/7 to study very different deep-water sponge grounds, ranging from the 1300 m … Read More
REFERENCE Hestetun, Jon Thomassen; Tompkins-Macdonald, Gabrielle; Rapp, Hans Tore (2017). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0775-3 ABSTRACT Family Cladorhizidae, comprising the carnivorous sponges, represents a unique innovation within the phylum Porifera. Rather than filter feeding, carnivorous sponges have developed … Read More
The first deep-sea SponGES cruise has just started onboard the Norwegian research vessel G.O. Sars, departing from Tromsø. The cruise aims at filling in the gaps and deepening our understanding regarding the diversity, distribution, function as well as the goods … Read More