The harp sponge: an extraordinary new species of carnivorous sponge

Образовательные видео в сообществе In this video we describe a new species of carnivorous sponge, Chondrocladia lyra from the deepsea off California. C. lyra is called the harp sponge because its basic structure, called a vane, is shaped like a harp or lyre. Each vane consists of a horizontal branch supporting several parallel, vertical branches. Clinging with rootlike rhizoids to the soft, muddy sediment, the harp sponge captures tiny animals that are swept into its branches by deepsea