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Cambrian sponge spicules from Greenland

Started by Halichoeres, July 22, 2018, 03:40:05 PM

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July 22, 2018, 03:40:05 PM
Sponges make silica-based spiny structures called spicules to help defend against predators (imagine biting down on a mouthful of glass splinters and you get the idea). This paper describes a bunch of these spicules from Greenland, from several species, including the brand new to science Seqineqia bottingi



I think this is open access, but in case it's a glitch I also have the pdf: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11035897.2018.1479444
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