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Data associated with Matveev et al: Sense Induced Flow - Active use of ambient flow by a deep-sea glass sponge
Download2021-08-10
Matveev, E, Leys SP, Yahel G, Kahn AS, Aragones P, Ludeman D, Eerkes-Medrano D
How flow moves through porous structures like sponges is a fluid dynamic problem that has challenged physical and biological scientists. Sponges possess biological pump cells that are known to drive water flow, and yet their porous bodies have often been proposed to take advantage of ambient...
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Description and distribution of Desmacella hyalina sp. nov. (Porifera, Desmacellidae), a new cryptic demosponge in glass sponge reefs from the western coast of Canada
Download2020-01-01
Law LK, Reiswig HM, Ott BS, McDaniel N, Guillas KC, Kahn AS, Dinn C, Leys SP
Glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) form globally unique reefs that support deep-sea biodiversity in the Canadian northeast Pacific. In February 2017, the largest known reefs were protected within the Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area...
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2019-03-01
Leys SP,, Mah JL,, McGill PR,, Hamonic L, De Leo F,, Kahn AS
Sponges perceive and respond to a range of stimuli. How they do this is still difficult to pin down despite now having transcriptomes and genomes of an array of species. Here we evaluate the current understanding of sponge behavior and present new observations on sponge activity in situ. We also...