Published in Systematics and Biodiversity · View the paper (DOI)
Scientists have discovered a new group of sponges in the central Pacific Ocean that could serve as an indicator species for measuring the impact of deep-sea mining. The newly found sponge species, Plenaster craigi, is abundant on metal-rich nodules at depths of 4000m and has been described from two expeditions to the region.
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