Ping pong tree sponge

Transparent creatures of the underwater World; The Ping Pong Tree Sponge, Chondrocladia Lampadiglobus, lives more than 1-1,5 miles beneath the surface of the ocean and is carnivorous.

This balloon sponge is a new undescribed species of #carnivoroussponge in the genus Chondrocladia https://t.co/jx1cfZ0ECq #MBARI

Chondrocladia gigantea

Image: R Vrijenhoek, MBARI So... it's a FLESH-EATING Sponge that looks like a tree that looks like it's covered in ping-pong balls? O. ...

The Ping Pong Tree Sponge, Chondrocladia Lampadiglobus, lives more than 1 1/2 miles beneath the surface of the ocean and is carnivorous. ` (400×450)

Lettuce Sea Slug

Most sponges, inspiration for dish cleaners and mess absorbers, feed by filtering water through those many holes and channels. Their scientific name, Porifera, literally means pore bearer. The channels are lined with special cells, chanocytes, each containing a flagellum that continuously beats. This whirling action by the flagellum filters nutrients and small particles of food

sea slug from South Andaman Sea, by greg piper photography

THE COCONUT OCTOPUS Photograph by Mario Neumann (scuba.hamburg on Flickr) Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus or veined octopus, is a medium-sized…