Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 23:08:44 -0800 From: Russell Elliott <relliott@geocities.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg659$foo@default> Subject: Re: Carnivorous Sponges
davin@biopcs.gen.nz wrote:
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> > While we're on the subject of carnivorous fungi, how about sponges.
> > The following was from an article in one of the local papers taken from
> > AP in 1995.
> > Unlike other sponges, the newly discovered deep-sea sponge
> > "Abestopluma" turns nature inside out. It has evolved a taste for animals
> > that happen to swim into its spindly arms.
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> The last time I checked sponges weren't actually classified as plants. I
> can't remember the reference but it was something I looked into as I used
> to keep Tropical Marine Fish. Just my 2c worth
>
> Davin
Nope, sponges aren't plants. They are a kind of marine invertebrate, the
genus name escapes me though.....
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