Channel: New Scientist

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: reefspongedivingmarine sanctuaryhabitatbiodiversityspeciescoralunderwatercaliforniarare sponge reefmarine

Description: Vast mounds made of the skeletons of glass sponges have been discovered 600 metres down on the seabed of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary off California. The mounds are unlike anything found before in the local area and could be examples of a very rare kind of habitat known as a sponge reef. Read more: newscientist.com/article/2310010-watch-first-video-of-a-possible-rare-sponge-reef-found-near-california