Sentences with phrase «carnivorous sponges»

Linse expects to find something similar to ecosystems found in the deep sea — a dark, extremely food - sparse environment that spawns odd creatures such as carnivorous sponges and bivalves.

«Carnivorous sponges, free - swimming worms, crustaceans and mollusks living in the Weddell Sea provide new insights into the evolution of ocean life.»

Instead, the researchers hauled up a startling variety — including bristly polychaete worms, isopod and amphipod crustaceans, mollusks, gastropods, sea urchins, brittle stars, nematode roundworms, and carnivorous sponges.

Such environments can spawn odd creatures, such as carnivorous sponges and bivalves that snatch at the tiniest sources of food to survive.

Four new carnivorous sponge species have recently been discovered in the deep sea.