Killer Sponges Found In The Deep Sea

[Oxytropidoceras]

New Killer Sponges Found in the Deep Sea

by Carrie Arnold, Weird & Wild

National Geographic, April 18, 2014

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/18/sponges-animals-carnivores-science-weird-new-species/

Scientists discover four new species of

‘killer’ sponges off southern Vancouver Island

by Dene Moore, The Canadian Press

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/scientists-discover-four-new-species-of-killer-sponges-off-southern-vancouver-island/article18070506/

I know that these are not fossils. However,

I could not resist the lurid headlines.

As far as modern representatives of ancient

glass sponges found as fossils, there is:

Glass sponge reefs, British Columbia Chapter,

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

http://cpawsbc.org/campaigns/glass-sponge-reefs

Glass sponge reefs sparkle on B.C.’s ocean floor

Global News, http://globalnews.ca/news/907044/glass-sponge-reefs-sparkle-on-b-c-s-ocean-floor/

First-Ever Submarine Dive on Vancouver's

"Living Fossils": Glass Sponge Reefs

Researchers discover a seafloor oasis made

of hundreds of glass sponges, National

Geographic, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131018-glass-sponge-reef-canada-ocean-science/

Yours,

Paul H.

Edited April 22, 2014 by Oxytropidoceras