Role of sponges in cold-water coral reefs investigated

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 08:11 in Biology & Nature

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have discovered that Spongosorites coralliophaga, which is a large sponge (a creature which attaches itself to something solid in a place where it can, hopefully, receive enough food to grow) plays an important role in providing a structure for the settlement of other organisms in the North-east Atlantic.

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