North Atlantic Archives

A review of carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from the Boreal North Atlantic and Arctic

by Martina Milanese on July 6, 2017 with No Comments

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

Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas

by Martina Milanese on April 12, 2017 with No Comments

REFERENCE Plotkin, Alexander; Gerasimova, Elena & Rapp, Hans Tore (2017). Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000285 ABSTRACT Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas … Read More

SponGES onboard the CCGS Hudson 2016-019 cruise

by Martina Milanese on August 1, 2016 with No Comments

The CCGS Hudson left port in Halifax (Canada) on the 18th July for its 19th cruise of 2016. This cruise, a collaborative effort between the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), NEKTON and project SponGES will take us on a 4-week-long … Read More

First deep-sea SponGES cruise – Arctic mid-ocean Ridge

by Martina Milanese on June 18, 2016 with No Comments

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