In situ observation of sponge trails suggests common sponge locomotion in the deep central Arctic

• Published in: Current Biology
• Main Authors: Morganti, Teresa M., Purser, Autun, Rapp, Hans Tore, German, Christopher R., Jakuba, Michael V., Hehemann, Laura, Blendl, Jonas, Slaby, Beate M., Boetius, Antje
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Langseth; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54010/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54010/2/APsponge.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.014; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.94a7aa9d-0df8-4af0-adc1-d6b571fead90

Located 10° further north than any sponge ground yet reported, the population, primarily comprising Geodia parva, G. hentscheli and Stelletta rhaphidiophora individuals, covers the great majority of the Langseth Ridge from ∼1,000 m upward, to a shallowest peak of 580 m depth, at very high abundance1...