The carnivorous harp sponge uses velcro-like hooks on its branching limbs to snare tiny crustaceans, which it then digests ...

Copepods dominate the oceans, but just how they achieved this from their origins in shallow coastal waters is a complex question. Some species of copepods found in mixed sea and freshwater caves ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. The environmental conditions inside the gut of Calanus hyperboreus and C. glacialis were measured with microelectrodes. An acidic ...

A bizarre South Atlantic fish wearing what appeared to be a big floppy hat was actually being fed on by two large parasites, marine researchers say. The grisly discovery was made Sunday, March 2, as a ...

Parasitic copepods are “parasitic barnacles,” though ... the host’s behavior and overall health,” the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre in Australia reports. They feed on tissue ...