Deep-Sea Carnivorous Sponges From the Mariana Islands
Carnivorous sponges belonging to family Cladorhizidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) are unique within phylum Porifera due to their ability to capture and envelop small prey.While other sponges use an aquiferous system to filter water, the aquiferous system of the cladorhizids is partially reduced or completely absent.Carnivorous sponges