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Mysterious ocean-floor trails show Arctic sponges on the move

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-04-26

The aquatic animal known as the sponge is often described as entirely sessile: once they've settled in a spot and matured, they aren't generally thought of as moving around. But, according to a new study in the journal Current Biology on April 26—in which researchers describe mysterious trails of light brown sponge spicules (spike-like support elements in sponges) across the Arctic seafloor—that isn't always so.

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