The harp sponge, though, has evolved a more complex carnivorous lifestyle to cope with the depths. Here not only is food incredibly scarce—unless a dead whale falls from the heavens, ...

The harp sponge is one of four new species Lundsten has helped identify. "We've seen only 1 percent of Monterey Bay and it's still one of the most well-studied regions of Earth in deep water," he ...

A new carnivore shaped like a candelabra has been spotted in deep ocean waters off California's Monterey Bay. The meat-eating species was dubbed the "harp sponge," so-called because its structure ...

This photograph of the recently discovered carnivorous harp sponge, Chondrocladia lyra, was taken in Monterey Canyon, off the coast of California, at a depth of about 11,500 feet (3,500 meters).

Using these deep-diving vessels, a team of researcher s led by Senior Research Technician Lonny Lundsten discovered a species of harp sponge called Chondrocladia lyra off the coast of California ...

Extraordinary harp-shaped carnivorous sponge discovered living on the Pacific Ocean floor. Chondrocladia lyra lives at depths of 11,000ft of the coast of California ...

Sponges eat grease and grime but now meat? Oceanic researchers have discovered a new carnivorous sponge nearly two miles beneath the waves of California and their findings are amazing many in the s… ...

The recently discovered harp sponge, Chondrocladia lyra, make not look like something you'd bring into the bathtub, but what it lacks in sponginess it ...

The recently described carnivorous sponge, Chondrocladia lyra. The “harp sponge” is found off the coast of California at depths between 3,300 and 3,500 meters (10,800–11,500 feet) Chondrocladia ...

This photograph of the recently discovered carnivorous harp sponge, Chondrocladia lyra, was taken in Monterey Canyon, off the coast of California, at a depth of about 11,500 feet (3,500 meters).

The harp sponge is one of four new species Lundsten has helped identify. "We've seen only 1 percent of Monterey Bay and it's still one of the most well-studied regions of Earth in deep water," he ...

A new carnivore shaped like a candelabra has been spotted in deep ocean waters off California's Monterey Bay. The meat-eating species was dubbed the "harp sponge," so-called because its structure ...